How to View the Full-Sized Version of Any Image on a WordPress Site

Viewing the full-sized version of any image on a WordPress site is quite a bit easier than you may think. If you’re looking at a resized image on a WordPress site and want to see the full-sized original image, today’s Quick Guide is for you.

To view the full-sized version of any WordPress image, you’ll use a browser trick that’s based on the way WordPress’s system of custom image sizes alters image file URLs. For the full rundown on how to do this, watch the video below:

And here’s a text guide to the same information:

How to View Full-Sized Images in WordPress

There are two fundamental steps to this trick:

1. Opening the image in a new tab. This lets you work with the image—and its URL—directly.
2. Removing size modifiers from the URL. This is the main piece of the trick.

See the video for how to open images in a new tab, then read below.