Force fill resize to all images with exclusion rules

optimole-force-fill-resize-with-exclusion.php

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Optimole Tweak - Force resize fill to most images
Description: Force fill resize type to most images with smart cropping, excluding specific ones.
Version: 0.0.1
*/

add_filter('optml_image_args', function($args, $original_url) {
    // List of image URLs (or parts of them) to exclude
    $excluded_images = [
        'image-to-exclude-1.jpg', 
        'image-to-exclude-2.png',
        'example-folder/excluded-image.jpg'
    ];

    // Check if the original URL contains any excluded patterns
    foreach ($excluded_images as $exclude) {
        if (strpos($original_url, $exclude) !== false) {
            return $args; 
        }
    }

    // Apply the 'fill' resize type to all other images
    $args['resize']['type'] = 'fill';
    $args['resize']['gravity'] = 'sm';

    return $args;
}, 10, 2);