You know that moment when a client uploads a perfectly good photo — except it's got way too much parking lot on the left side and a random elbow on the right? And then they ask you to "just crop it real quick" and you're like… this is a CMS, not Photoshop.

Well. Now it kind of is. At least in this one, very specific way.

Ratio, Crop, Done

Statamic now has built-in image cropping — right in the asset editor, right where you're already working. No more round-tripping to an external image editor just to chop off someone's elbow.

Here's what you get:

• Freeform cropping — drag the handles, get exactly what you want
• Aspect ratio presets — lock to 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, or whatever your design demands
• Orientation flipping — horizontal, vertical, horizontal again

The whole thing is powered by cropper.js and feels snappy. No loading spinners, no waiting around — just grab, drag, crop.

Save As New or Replace

When you finish cropping, you get a choice — save as a brand new image (with a timestamp so nothing gets overwritten) or replace the original entirely. Either way the image cache gets busted automatically, so no stale thumbnails.

Now Available

This feature landed in Statamic 6.5.0, released on March 5th, 2026. 💜