Title: image_edit_thumbnails_separately
Published: August 8, 2023
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# apply_filters( ‘image_edit_thumbnails_separately’, bool $show )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/image_edit_thumbnails_separately/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/image_edit_thumbnails_separately/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/image_edit_thumbnails_separately/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/image_edit_thumbnails_separately/?output_format=md#changelog)

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/image_edit_thumbnails_separately/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

Shows the settings in the Image Editor that allow selecting to edit only the thumbnail
of an image.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/image_edit_thumbnails_separately/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$show`bool

Whether to show the settings in the Image Editor. Default false.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/image_edit_thumbnails_separately/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    $edit_thumbnails_separately = (bool) apply_filters( 'image_edit_thumbnails_separately', false );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php#L55)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php#L55-L55)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/image_edit_thumbnails_separately/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_save_image()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_save_image/)`wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php` |

Saves image to post, along with enqueued changes in `$_REQUEST['history']`.

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| [wp_image_editor()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_image_editor/)`wp-admin/includes/image-edit.php` |

Loads the WP image-editing interface.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/image_edit_thumbnails_separately/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [6.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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