Having made a change to the size of an image using WordPress, how do you undo that and restore the image to its original size? Here’s how:
WordPress » WP Topics
Currently we’re only covering installed versions of WordPress, but in future we’ll be adding tutorials on the hosted version at WordPress.com.
Videos are classified by WordPress 2.7 or 2.6 mostly because the admin screens look different, so if you don’t see a video on your topic, try looking in the other section or try the alphabetical listing.
KEY: 
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
WordPress 2.7 
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
WordPress 2.6 
Administrators Only 
Requires a Plug-in 
Recently Updated
Browser Issues
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Reduce the size of an image by a lot
If you’ve uploaded an image into a post or a page and you want to reduce it in size quite a bit, then here are your options.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Error message of -1 while in Quick Edit mode
Sometimes while working in Quick Edit, you’ll get a small red warning message “-1″. This is what’s going on.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Adjusting the size of the text editor
The default size of the text editor in WordPress is fairly small. If you’d like more real estate for your writing, there are a couple of ways to do it – one temporary, the other remains in effect until you change it again.
NOTE: This applies only to the VISUAL mode of the text editor – [...]
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Remember the Update button!
When writing or editing in WordPress, it can seem like you’ve saved what you’ve done, but it’s only over when the Update button’s been pressed! Here’s an example:
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Uploading new images
Here’s a detailed look at how you upload images into WordPress.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Adding media – overview
Whether it’s an image, a video, a PDF document, here’s a quick look at how you upload them and get them into your WordPress content.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Highlighting quotes or text blocks
If you want to make larger areas of text stand out from all the rest – when quoting someone, for example – then here’s how to do it with “block quoting” in WordPress.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Basic text editing functions
Here’s quick look at basics such as bolding text or changing its color.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Reduce the size of an image slightly
If you need to reduce the size of an existing image in your posts or pages only a very small amount, you can easily do it through the text editor, like this:
UPDATE: Mark pointed out that the proportional dragging feature that I show here does not work in Internet Explorer 8 (and earlier versions as [...]
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Click to enlarge images
If you want visitors to view a large image within your posts or pages, then here’s how to set up your thumbnails.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Passworded posts or pages remain visible
After viewing a password-protected post or page, you’ll find that the page is still visible several days later. Don’t worry, the post or page is still passworded for everyone else. And here’s a way to get rid of that cookie easily.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Adjusting the size of the text editor
The default size of the box for entering and editing the text of posts and pages is fairly small. There are a couple of ways to give yourself more writing area.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Accessing the media library
Every image, video, or document that you upload into WordPress can be accessed from the Media Library. There are two ways of getting to that library.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Editing images within the text editor
If you’ve got an image already in your post or page, you can manipulate it many ways right in the body of the text.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Text editor – overview
Here’s a quick overview of the text editor in WordPress 2.6, with both Visual or WYSIWYG, and HTML functionality.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Formatting lists
If you’ve got text that you want to format into a list, either with bullets or numbering, it’s a snap in WordPress, and so is your ability to style the list the way you want.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Mistaking posts for pages
I don’t know how many times I’ve caught myself starting a post and then realizing I was on the Write Page screen.
