The traditional wordpress image resizing engine will resize images to fit within the specified size but not preserve the pixel dimensions OR will crop the image.
This plugin gives third alternative the image will be reduced to fit within the specified size and then the canvas extended to preserve the pixel dimensions.
The canvas will then be filled in based on sampling of the in the four corners of the image..
This plugin requires that either ImageMagick or GD be installed on the server...
Upload the TileCrop to the wp-content plugins directory.
Activate the plugin through 'Plugins in WordPress.
Add tilecrop image definitions in the functions php of the theme.
Note Tilecrop uses non-standard crop value to engage the engine.
Instead of the false value, the crop value MUST be 2 to engage the tilecrop logic...
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