waltervos

<p>With this plugin, users can add and remove intermediate image sizes. The plugin can also make copies of existing images with these new sizes. You will be able to use the images in your posts or use them in your theme with the ‘Get the image’ plugin or with WordPress 2.9’s <code>the_post_image</code> feature.</p>


Additional image sizes

Allows you to create additional image sizes (in addition to the thumbnail, medium and large size that are default) for your blog.

imagekit

<p>Images make up a critical part of all websites and mobile applications these days. They are the centerpieces of a great product and user experience. Managing your images and delivering the perfect image, tailored and optimized for your user’s device is, therefore, more critical than it has ever been. However, this takes up a lot of development and maintenance time that could have otherwise been used in building your core product. This is where ImageKit can excel.</p>
<p>This plugin will <strong>automatically update all the image URLs in your post</strong> so that images are fetched from ImageKit for optimization and faster delivery instead of your web server.</p>
<h4>Gets the best out of all your images in less than 10 minutes</h4>
<ul>
<li>Your existing images get all the benefits instantly.</li>
<li>Size, quality & format optimizations work automatically.</li>
<li>URL-based image transformations like resize, crop, rotate etc.</li>
<li>Responsive images for a tailored experience across devices.</li>
<li>Up to 50% load time reduction with quality and format settings.</li>
<li>CDN-powered delivery of images across the globe.</li>
<li>Simple dashboard to monitor usage and manage your images.</li>
<li>Easy to integrate SDKs for uploads and other features.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<p>You just need to <a href="https://imagekit.io/registration" rel="nofollow ugc">Create an account</a> on ImageKit to use this plugin and get optimization benefits on your WordPress website instantly.</p>
<h4>About ImageKit</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://imagekit.io" rel="nofollow ugc">Main website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://imagekit.io/website-analyzer" rel="nofollow ugc">Website analyzer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://imagekit.io/features" rel="nofollow ugc">Features</a></li>
<li><a href="https://help.imagekit.io" rel="nofollow ugc">Help center</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.imagekit.io" rel="nofollow ugc">Developer documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://imagekit.io/blog" rel="nofollow ugc">Blog</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Support</h4>
<ul>
<li>Support Email: <a href="developer@imagekit.io" rel="nofollow ugc">developer@imagekit.io</a></li>
</ul>


ImageKit – URL based image manipulation and optimization

This plugin and service sounds like it could be pretty cool, but unfortunately it's not ready for production environments yet. The plugin does not support custom wp-content directory locations and the way the rewrites work is fragile at best.

Hopefully they're able to improve the plugin because the service looks pretty interesting!

Not Ready Yet

To be very honest I have used ImageKit before but this is the first time using it with WordPress and I must say the plugin works flawlessly. The only shortcoming of the plugin is that it doesn't replace the image URLs inside the CSS (like background images). Which was a big negative in my opinion.

If I consider this plugin like a CDN plugin then both CDN Enabler (by KeyCDN) & W3 Total Cache CDN replaces image URL inside CSS files, inline CSS & internal CSS but for some reason, this plugin does not. 

So, if this plugin also provides that feature in future will definitely update my review to 5 stars and can wholeheartedly recommend this to all my WordPress clients.

Amazing Plugin But with a Small Shortcoming

Faster & lighter experience for your users. Deliver optimized images on all platforms instantly using ImageKit.

Additional image sizes vs ImageKit – URL based image manipulation and optimization