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How to make Timthumb work in wordpress Multisite

Apr 21

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In: Tips and Tricks

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There are currently a lot of problems with the timthumb.php script with WordPress multisites. A lot of themes are using the timthumb script but the script isn’t working perfectly with the multisite setup because there is an problem with the domain / files location.

By using this version of the timthumb script you can solve all these problems.
Just make sure that you use your own domain name in the script at line number 29

Update

Updated the script to version 1.28!

Instructions

Method 1:

  1. Download the modified script
  2. Change FALSE -> TRUE on line 21.
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define ('ALLOW_EXTERNAL', FALSE);
 
Change into
 
define ('ALLOW_EXTERNAL', TRUE);

Method 2:

  1. Download the modified script
  2. Change yourdomain.com on line 34 into your own domain.
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$allowedSites = array (
	'flickr.com',
	'picasa.com',
	'blogger.com',
	'wordpress.com',
	'img.youtube.com',
	'upload.wikimedia.org',
	'yourdomain.com',
);
 
Change yourdomain.com -> into your domain on line 34

Download the modified script

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14 comments

  1. Andreas Kutchie
    17 May 2011 at 03:37
    # 1

    Hey great site I really enjoyed the read thank you for posting such valuable info and keeping up with the latest trends.

    Reply
  2. Rein
    30 May 2011 at 10:27
    # 2

    Wow really tried this in many other ways but this is the best fix i found so far! Works with WP 3.1.3

    Bedankt :)

    Reply
  3. levi w
    27 November 2011 at 05:37
    # 6

    Holy cow! I spent 4-5 hours trying to get my permissions working, and even tried modifying everything around timthumb…this fixed it instantly. Thank you so freaking much for this.

    Reply
  4. gijsvh
    14 February 2012 at 08:54
    # 7

    Hi, i’m looking fot a timthumb multisite edition. Is this edition of timthumb hack-proof?

    Best wishes,
    Gijs

    Reply
  5. Jaeger.ID
    26 February 2012 at 19:41
    # 9

    Hi, this script works only partially on my WP multisite installation. After uploading your modified script, timthumb works on the subsite (great!) but not on the main site. Do you have any ideas regarding this issue? Thanks in advance, Stefan.

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  6. amy
    26 February 2012 at 21:55
    # 10

    It works like a charm. Thank you so much!

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  7. decneo
    27 March 2012 at 12:06
    # 11

    I love you,you save my life.I’d stuck on this issue 2 weeks but now it works like a charm only copy and paste your code.thank you again.10/10

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  8. Inga Palme
    5 May 2012 at 11:48
    # 12

    Greetings from Germany – it works fantastic :) )) Thank you so much!!!!

    Reply

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