nosilver4u

<p>Are you frustrated by a slow website? Do over-sized images make you say “ewww”… Let EWWW Image Optimizer help you make your site faster, improve your bounce rate, and boost your SEO. But most importantly, make your visitors happier so they keep coming back for more.</p>
<p>With EWWW IO you can optimize all your existing images, <a href="https://docs.ewww.io/article/84-plugin-compatibility" rel="nofollow ugc">from any plugin</a>, and then let EWWW IO take care of new image uploads automatically.</p>
<p><strong>Why use EWWW Image Optimizer?</strong></p>
<ol>
<li><strong>No Speed Limits</strong> and <a href="https://ewww.io/unlimited-file-size/" rel="nofollow ugc">unlimited file size</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Smooth Handling</strong> with pixel-perfect optimization using industry-leading tools and progressive rendering.</li>
<li><strong>High Torque</strong> as we bring you the best compression/quality ratio available with our Premium compression for JPG, PNG, SVG, WebP, and PDF files.</li>
<li><strong>Adaptive Steering</strong> with intelligent conversion options to get the right image format for the job (JPG, PNG, GIF, AVIF, or WebP).</li>
<li><strong>Free Parking</strong> The core plugin is free and always will be. However, our paid services offer up to 80% compression, and a <a href="https://ewww.io/plans/" rel="nofollow ugc">host of other features</a>!</li>
<li><strong>Comprehensive Coverage:</strong> no image gets left behind, optimize everything on your site, not just the WordPress Media Library.</li>
<li><strong>Safety First:</strong> all communications are secured with top SSL encryption.</li>
<li><strong>Roadside Assistance:</strong> top-notch support is in our DNA. While API customers get top priority, we answer <a href="https://ewww.io/contact-us/" rel="nofollow ugc">every single support question with care</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Pack a Spare:</strong> free image backups store your original images for 30 days.</li>
</ol>
<p>EWWW IO is the only plugin that lets you optimize images using tools on your own server (jpegtran, optipng, pngout, pngquant, gifsicle, cwebp). If you feel the need for more speed, get more compression and offload the CPU-intensive process of optimization to <a href="https://ewww.io/plans/" rel="nofollow ugc">our specialized servers</a>.</p>
<h4>Automatic Everything</h4>
<p>With Easy IO, images are automatically compressed, scaled to fit the page and device size, lazy loaded, and converted to next-gen WebP and AVIF formats.</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>Stuck? Feeling like maybe you DO need that rocket science degree? <a href="https://ewww.io/contact-us/" rel="nofollow ugc">We provide free one-on-one email support to everyone</a>.<br />
Do you have an idea to make EWWW IO even better? <a href="https://feedback.ewww.io/b/features" rel="nofollow ugc">Share it and vote on future features</a>!</p>
<p>Found a bug? Report the issue on <a href="https://github.com/nosilver4u/ewww-image-optimizer" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>, and we’ll get it fixed!</p>
<p>You may report security issues through our Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team helps validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. <a href="https://patchstack.com/database/vdp/ewww-image-optimizer" rel="nofollow ugc">Report a security vulnerability.</a></p>
<h4>Bulk Optimize</h4>
<p>Optimize all your images from a single page. This includes the Media Library, your theme, and a handful of pre-configured folders (see Optimize Everything Else below). GRAND FlaGallery, NextCellent and NextGEN have their own Bulk Optimize pages.</p>
<h4>Optimize Everything Else</h4>
<p>Configure any folder within your WordPress install to be optimized. The Bulk Optimizer will compress theme images, BuddyPress avatars, BuddyPress Activity Plus images, Meta Slider slides, WP Symposium Pro avatars, GD bbPress attachments, Grand Media Galleries, and any user-specified folders. You can also use Scheduled optimization or run the optimizer from WP-CLI if that’s more your thing.</p>
<h4>Plugin Compatibility</h4>
<p>EWWW IO has been tested with hundreds (if not thousands) of <a href="https://docs.ewww.io/article/84-plugin-compatibility" rel="nofollow ugc">plugins and themes</a>, here are just a few of the most common ones: BuddyPress (Activity Plus add-on too), Cloudinary, Easy Watermark, FileBird, FooGallery, GD bbPress Attachments, GRAND FlAGallery, Gmedia Photo Gallery, MediaPress, Meta Slider, Microsoft Azure Storage, MyArcadePlugin, NextGEN Gallery, Regenerate Thumbnails, <a href="https://weglot.com/integrations/wordpress-translation-plugin/demo/" rel="nofollow ugc">Weglot</a>, WP Offload Media, <a href="https://wpml.org/plugin/ewww-image-optimizer/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPML</a>, WP Retina 2x, WP RSS Aggregator, WP Symposium. <a href="https://docs.ewww.io/article/84-plugin-compatibility" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more…</a></p>
<h4>WebP Images</h4>
<p>If you want simple, get automatic WebP conversion with Easy IO, and be done with it! Otherwise, you can generate WebP versions of your images with the Bulk Optimizer, and deliver them to supported browsers. Take your pick between Apache-style rewrite rules, JS WebP Rewriting, and  WebP Rewriting. EWWW IO even works with the WebP option in the Cache Enabler plugin from KeyCDN.</p>
<h4>AVIF Images</h4>
<p>AVIF conversion is built into the Easy IO CDN. Once your site is setup with Easy IO, edit the site settings to enable AVIF, and you’re done!</p>
<h4>WP-CLI</h4>
<p>Allows you to run all Bulk Optimization processes from your command line, instead of the web interface. It is much faster, and allows you to do things like run it in ‘screen’ or via regular cron (instead of wp-cron, which can be unpredictable on low-traffic sites). Install WP-CLI from wp-cli.org, and run ‘wp-cli.phar help ewwwio optimize’ for more information or see the <a href="https://docs.ewww.io/article/25-optimizing-with-wp-cli" rel="nofollow ugc">Docs</a>.</p>
<h4>CDN Support</h4>
<p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-s3-and-cloudfront/" rel="ugc">WP Offload Media</a> is the officially supported (and recommended) plugin for uploads to Amazon S3, Digital Ocean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage. <a href="https://docs.ewww.io/article/84-plugin-compatibility" rel="nofollow ugc">Check our compatibility list for details on other plugins</a>. All pull mode CDNs like Cloudflare, KeyCDN, MaxCDN, and Sucuri CloudProxy work automatically, but will require you to purge the cache after a bulk optimization.</p>
<h4>Translations</h4>
<p>Huge thanks to all our translators, <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/contributors" rel="nofollow ugc">see the full list</a>!</p>
<p>If you would like to help translate this plugin, <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ewww-image-optimizer" rel="nofollow ugc">join the team</a>.<br />
<a href="https://ewww.io/register/" rel="nofollow ugc">Signup to receive updates when new strings are available for translation</a>.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Written by <a href="https://ewww.io" rel="nofollow ugc">Shane Bishop</a> with special thanks to my <a href="https://www.iamsecond.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Lord and Savior</a>. Based upon CW Image Optimizer, which was written by <a href="http://www.jacoballred.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Jacob Allred</a> at <a href="http://www.corbanworks.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Corban Works, LLC</a>. CW Image Optimizer was based on WP Smush.it. Jpegtran is the work of the Independent JPEG Group. PEL is the work of Martin Geisler, Lars Olesen, and Erik Oskam. Easy IO and HTML parsing classes based upon the Photon module from Jetpack.</p>


EWWW Image Optimizer

Serve webp images with fallback for browser which don't support

Excellent plugin!

I installed Imsanity which is another plugin I love and it recommended the EWWW Image Optimizer and I installed it and it drastically cut down the file size of the images as well as converting them to different file formats! I was so impressed it was so easy to use and the optimized images looked super fantastic! I couldn't tell the difference and it optimized all sizes of the different sizes that WordPress creates and it handled it all! Super thrilled to have found this gem!

I love this plugin!


Very nice plugin that does the job. We have used this plugin in number of our websites.


Nice plugins that works for free

Fantastic

Works perfect - I loved it


Useless plug-in! They force you to register on their site and you have to pay! But that's not all, you can't delete your account and you can't contact them. They use your personal data to spam you with useless emails. Misleading methods that have nothing to do with Wordpress.org


useless plugin

Class A tool to minify images


Does a good job at optimizing images. 



Full disclosure: I'm leaving this review because I'm sick of seeing the nag in my admin, which I prefer to keep unmolested by the promotional efforts of plugin authors.


Easy to use


I have been using EWWW for 3 years now and never had any issues. So, kudos to that and for this great tool.


My go-to image optimization plugin


WP Core 6.5 has added AVIF support, yet EWWW IO still doesn't support it.  Seems like just an excuse to push people to use their paid CDN service Easy IO.  I've been a long time user of EWWW IO but now it seems like the it doesn't do much of anything useful anymore.  


Failed to keep up with standards, no AVIF support


Very useful for tuning up WordPress site. Thanks for a great plugin!


Very useful and highly functional plugin!


Totally solved page speed issues on premium, it is the oldest plugin for image optimization on WP as far as I know


Great and Simple

Smaller Images, Faster Sites, Happier Visitors. Comprehensive image optimization that doesn't require a degree in rocket science.

KeyCDN

<h4>WordPress Image Optimizer</h4>
<p>Optimus reduces the file size of uploaded media files automatically. Depending on the image and format, reductions in size of up to 70% are possible. Several kilobytes can be saved per image—these savings contribute positively to the performance of the blog website. What’s most impressive about the compression technology: the quality of the images is maintained.</p>
<blockquote>
<h4>There are three different versions of Optimus:</h4>
<ol>
<li><strong>Optimus</strong> <em>(Free)</em> as base version with limitations (e.g. max of 100kb)</li>
<li><strong>Optimus HQ</strong> <em>(Premium)</em> with expanded functionality for personal projects</li>
<li><strong>Optimus HQ PRO</strong> <em>(Premium)</em> as professional solution for customer websites</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
<p>More details about the features and the pricing model on <a href="https://optimus.io" rel="nofollow ugc">optimus.io</a></p>
<h4>How does it work?</h4>
<p>During the uploading process of images to the media library, the <em>Optimus</em> plugin simultaneously sends the images to the <em>Optimus</em> server, where the incoming material is processed and sent back in optimized form. Afterwards, the <em>Optimus</em> plugin saves the image version with a reduced file size in the media library.</p>
<p>The optimization of images – <em>including thumbnails</em> – is conducted in the background and outside of the view of the user. The image compression gains per file are displayed by Optimus within the media library in form of a percentage value, see <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/optimus/screenshots/" rel="ugc">screenshot</a>.</p>
<p>Superfluous information that is saved by image processing programs and is not even necessary for displaying the image is extracted from image files. This way, the quality of the graphics remains intact while the image size can be reduced significantly. If you wish, Optimus keeps all author, EXIF and copyright information contained within the photos — the compressional gains will be correspondingly lower.</p>
<p>Optimus supports the conversion of images to the new <a href="https://www.keycdn.com/blog/convert-to-webp-the-successor-of-jpeg" rel="nofollow ugc"><em>WebP</em> image format</a>.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>It is recommended to use the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/cache-enabler/" rel="ugc">WordPress Cache Enabler</a> plugin to integrate the converted WebP images.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.keycdn.com/support/optimus/progressive-jpeg" rel="nofollow ugc">Progressive JPEGs</a></li>
<li>Reduction of file size during the upload</li>
<li>Optimization of all preview images of a photo</li>
<li>No adjustments to code necessary</li>
<li>Optional: no removal of EXIF and IPTC metadata</li>
<li>Optional: HTTPS connection for the image transfer (Optimus HQ)</li>
<li>Optional: <a href="https://www.keycdn.com/support/optimus/configuration-to-deliver-webp" rel="nofollow ugc">conversion to the WebP</a> image format (Optimus HQ)</li>
<li>Faster load times for blog pages</li>
<li>Support for WooCommerce</li>
<li>WordPress multisite-support</li>
<li><a href="https://www.keycdn.com/support/optimus/image-bulk-optimization" rel="nofollow ugc">Bulk optimization</a> (optimize existing images)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
<ul>
<li>After the image optimization and transfer process, the <em>Optimus</em> server immediately deletes all the temporarily stored files. No files are stored!</li>
<li>The Optimus servers are located in Germany.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Tips</h4>
<ul>
<li>Photos should always be saved as JPEGs rather than PNGs. The PNG format works well for illustrations, JPEG on the other hand is the right choice for photographs. Another reason: the size reduction always works more quickly for JPEGs.</li>
<li>Your images have been optimized using Desktop tools such as ImageOptim (Mac) or PNGGauntlet (Win) before you upload them? Optimus has the significant benefit of also minimizing the thumbnails (=preview images) created by WordPress. After all, themes almost always integrate thumbnails rather than original images.</li>
</ul>
<h4>System Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>PHP >=5.6</li>
<li>WordPress >=4.6</li>
<li>Allow outbound connections</li>
</ul>
<h4>Storage Utilization</h4>
<ul>
<li>Backend: ~ 0,19 MB</li>
<li>Frontend: ~ 0,01 MB</li>
</ul>
<h4>Website</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://optimus.io" rel="nofollow ugc">optimus.io</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Author</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.keycdn.com" title="KeyCDN" rel="nofollow ugc">KeyCDN</a></li>
</ul>


Optimus – WordPress Image Optimizer

Effective image compression and optimization during the upload process. Smart, automatic and reliable.

EWWW Image Optimizer vs Optimus – WordPress Image Optimizer