<p>Not everything in the Control Panel gets published to the <code>cpresources</code> folder, especially things like dynamically generated images (thumbnails are basically just image transforms).</p>

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  <p>Is there a way to make Craft use direct links to the thumbnails instead of using PHP to deliver the images?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Not currently.</p>

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2019-06-03T18:28:00.157Z
2019-06-03T18:28:00.157Z
Brad Bell
<p>You can <a href="https://github.com/aelvan/Imager-Craft#useforcpthumbs-bool" rel="nofollow noreferrer">use the Imager plugin to offload thumbnail creation</a> to <a href="https://www.vaersaagod.no/en/support-for-imgix-in-imager-for-craftcms" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Imgix</a>. Not free, but extremely performant.</p>

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2019-06-05T14:54:39.373Z
2019-06-05T14:54:39.373Z
Mats Mikkel Rummelhoff
<p>When listing entries with lots of assets (and therefore thumbnails), the server slows down significantly. </p>

<p>I realized, that the assets all have the path:
<code>https://mypage.url/index.php?p=admin/actions/assets/thumb&amp;uid=a59e2c6f-1d32-4568-ab34-8655d33427d8&amp;width=30&amp;height=30&amp;v=1559381105</code>. However, I thought they were located in the <code>cpresources</code> folder?</p>

<p>Is there a way to make Craft use direct links to the thumbnails instead of using PHP to deliver the images?</p>

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CP Asset thumbnails delivered by PHP
# CP Asset thumbnails delivered by PHP

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-01)

When listing entries with lots of assets (and therefore thumbnails), the server slows down significantly.

I realized, that the assets all have the path:
`https://mypage.url/index.php?p=admin/actions/assets/thumb&uid=a59e2c6f-1d32-4568-ab34-8655d33427d8&width=30&height=30&v=1559381105`. However, I thought they were located in the `cpresources` folder?

Is there a way to make Craft use direct links to the thumbnails instead of using PHP to deliver the images?

**Tags:** craft3, control-panel


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-06-03. Score: 2

Not everything in the Control Panel gets published to the `cpresources` folder, especially things like dynamically generated images (thumbnails are basically just image transforms).

> Is there a way to make Craft use direct links to the thumbnails instead of using PHP to deliver the images?

Not currently.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-06-05. Score: 1

You can [use the Imager plugin to offload thumbnail creation](https://github.com/aelvan/Imager-Craft#useforcpthumbs-bool) to [Imgix](https://www.vaersaagod.no/en/support-for-imgix-in-imager-for-craftcms). Not free, but extremely performant.


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