How do I resize a wordpress featured image to be 620 width by whatever corresponding height in the loop but not permanently?

Question

Here is the website I am attempting this on: http://increaseinwebtraffic.com/marywood/deals/

The top few deals are larger than 620 width, but the bottom ones are smaller. I tried to use the code below with no success. I've Googled around and only found permanent solutions.

<?php the_post_thumbnail( array(620,295) ); ?>

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Please try the following code.

<?php
$thumbnail_id = get_post_thumbnail_id(get_the_ID());
if (!empty($thumbnail_id))
{
  $thumbnail = wp_get_attachment_image_src($thumbnail_id, 'full');
  if (count ($thumbnail) >= 3)
  {
    $thumbnail_url = $thumbnail[0];
    $thumbnail_width = $thumbnail[1];
    $thumbnail_height = $thumbnail[2];

    $thumbnail_w = 620;
    $thumbnail_h = floor($thumbnail_height * $thumbnail_w / $thumbnail_width);
  }
}

if (!empty ($thumbnail_url)): ?>
  <img class="thumbnail" src="<?php echo $thumbnail_url; ?>" alt="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"
       width="<?php echo $thumbnail_w; ?>" height="<?php echo $thumbnail_h; ?>" />
<?php endif; ?>

http://www.boxoft.net/2011/10/display-the-wordpress-featured-image-without-stretching-it/