Ainsley Clark

<p>Squidge is a FREE WordpPress Plugin built for developers in mind compressing and convert images using jpegoptim,<br />
optipng, cwebp, and libavif. It’s extremley simple to use and is designed to increase PSI and boost rankings.</p>
<h3>Why?</h3>
<p>Image compression in WordPress can be costly, confusing and sometimes just simply don’t work. We have aimed to simplify<br />
the process by requiring the developer to install the required package on the operating system and Squidge does the<br />
hard work for you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>IT’S FREE</strong></li>
<li>Unlimited file size, no limits.</li>
<li>Optimised for your site to rank.</li>
<li>CLI to regenerate all of your media files.</li>
<li>Helper functions to output images in templates.</li>
<li>Uses the native <code>cwebp</code> and <code>libavif</code> libraries.</li>
</ul>
<h3>What does Squidge do?</h3>
<p>Squidge compresses and converts image files when the user has uploaded a file to WordPress.</p>
<ul>
<li>Compresses JPG images using <code>jpegoptim</code>.</li>
<li>Compresses PNG images using <code>optipng</code>.</li>
<li>Converts JPG and PNG images to <code>.webp</code> files using <code>cwebp</code> with the appended extension  e.g. <code>image.jpg.webp</code>.</li>
<li>Converts JPG and PNG images to <code>.avif</code> files using <code>libavif</code> with the appended extension  e.g. <code>image.jpg.avif</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Render Images</h3>
<p>To render images in templates, you can either set up nginx or apache rules to serve images dynamically or used the<br />
    squidge_image helper function. This dynamically checks if an <code>.avif</code> or <code>.webp</code> file is available on the file system<br />
and returns the output.</p>
<h3>Function</h3>
<pre><code>/**
 * Returns a <picture> element with source media for the standard file passed
 * (such as a JPG), the .avif file, the .webp file (if to exist on the file system).
 *
 * Appropriate <source> elements for image sizes with max widths.
 * Finally, the main be outputted with alt and title text.
 *
 * - If lazy is true, the data-src or data-srcset will be appended.
 * - If a class is set, the class will be outputted on the <picture> element.
 *
 * @param $image_id
 * @param string $class
 * @param false $lazy
 * @return string
 */
function squidge_image($image_id, $class = '', $lazy = false)
</code></pre>
<h3>Output</h3>
<pre><code><picture class="picture">
    
    <source media="(max-width: 400px)" srcset="/sample-image.jpg.avif" type="image/avif">
    <source media="(max-width: 400px)" srcset="/sample-image.jpg.webp" type="image/webp">
    <source media="(max-width: 400px)" srcset="/sample-image.jpg">
    
    <source srcset="/sample-image.jpg.avif" type="image/avif">
    <source srcset="/sample-image.jpg.webp" type="image/webp">
    
    <img src="/sample-image.jpg" alt="Alt text" title="Sample JPG">
</picture>
</code></pre>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Written by <a href="https://github.com/ainsleyclark" rel="nofollow ugc">Ainsley Clark</a></p>

Squidge

Squidge is a FREE WordpPress Plugin built for developers in mind compressing and convert images using jpegoptim, optipng, cwebp, and libavif.

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<p>The complete solution for image optimization</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Free Unlimited CDN</strong> – Flying Images uses <a href="https://statically.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">Statically</a> to provide free CDN. Statically is powered by Cloudflare (premium network), BunnyCDN, Fastly and CDN77. No hidden charges or upsell.</li>
<li><strong>On the fly Image Compression</strong> – Compress images on the fly via CDN. You can also set the desired quality needed.</li>
<li><strong>On the fly WebP conversion</strong> – Convert and deliver images as Webp via CDN if the browser supports it.</li>
<li><strong>Responsive/Adaptive Images</strong> – Creates srcset to deliver resized images based on device. Supports external images too.</li>
<li><strong>Native/JavaScript lazy loading</strong> – Load images using the browser’s native lazy loading if available (currently supported in Chrome) or via JavaScript. JavaScript only lazy load is also available. Also supports lazy loading inlined background images.</li>
<li><strong>Tiny JavaScript</strong> – Only 0.7KB, gzipped, minified.</li>
<li><strong>Rewrites entire HTML</strong> – Never miss an image from lazy loading or adding CDN, even the ones injected by gallery plugins.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nazy-load/" rel="ugc">Official Support Forum</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/wpspeedmatters" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook Group</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Our premium products</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://flyingpress.com" rel="nofollow ugc">FlyingPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://flyingcdn.com" rel="nofollow ugc">FlyingCDN</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Our free plugins</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/flying-pages/" rel="ugc">Flying Pages</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/nazy-load/" rel="ugc">Flying Images</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/flying-scripts/" rel="ugc">Flying Scripts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/flying-analytics/" rel="ugc">Flying Analytics</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/flying-fonts/" rel="ugc">Flying Fonts</a></li>
</ul>


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