This snippet allows you to select image sizes by name and dimensions in drop down boxes throughout WordPress.
Add this to mu-plugins/add_image_size.php
Change names and sizes as needed.
/* ADD CUSTOM IMAGE SIZES */ if ( function_exists( 'add_image_size' ) ) { add_image_size( 'portfolio-archive', 510, 400, true ); add_image_size( 'portfolio-single', 768, 0, false ); } add_filter( 'image_size_names_choose', 'ere_insert_custom_image_sizes' ); function ere_insert_custom_image_sizes( $sizes ) { global $_wp_additional_image_sizes; if ( empty($_wp_additional_image_sizes) ) return $sizes; foreach ( $_wp_additional_image_sizes as $id => $data ) { if ( !isset($sizes[$id]) ) $sizes[$id] = ucfirst( str_replace( '-', ' ', $id ) ); } return $sizes; }
See the example below