Ultimate Image Optimization Helpers

The most integrated, flexible and efficient solution available to reduce image file sizes and improve SEO & performance while preserving/improving image quality.

Use this plugin if you’re tired of loosing image quality every time WordPress generates alternative image sizes and disappointed in all these image optimization plugins that do a great job at compressing but nothing about the quality loss…

REQUIRES -> PHP 5.6 OR GREATER + Imagick 2.2.0 OR GREATER

Features

Dashboard -> Settings -> Media

• Adjust the image compression rate.
• Apply a light blur/sharpening filter to compensate for the quality loss occurring when WordPress resizes images.
• Set the image interlace scheme (progressive|interlaced|preserve original)
• Optimize of the original images.
• Remove the meta/exif data to reduce image file size (orientation exif data is preserved)
• List of all image sizes added by the current theme and plugins.
• Convert non-transparent PNG images to JPEG.

Dashboard -> Media

• Adds a new “Optimization” column to the media upload page
• Provides information about the image sizes and optimization applied

LET ME KNOW YOUR IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTIONS – TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE THIS PLUGIN BETTER!

Developers

You’ll love this plugin for its advanced configuration options, hooks, seamless integration, performance and smart blur & sharpen feature!

1. Upload \”test-plugin.php\” to the \”/wp-content/plugins/\” directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the \”Plugins\” menu in WordPress.
3. Configure your desired settings via the Dashboard -> Settings -> Media page.
4. Start uploading/optimizing new images!

Installation Instructions

1. Upload \”test-plugin.php\” to the \”/wp-content/plugins/\” directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the \”Plugins\” menu in WordPress.
3. Configure your desired settings via the Dashboard -> Settings -> Media page.
4. Start uploading/optimizing new images!

How to apply new optimization settings to previously uploaded images?

To apply any new optimizations to previously uploaded images, you can regenerate thumbnails using this plugin: Regenerate Thumbnails by Alex Mills

1. 

   Dashboard -> Settings -> Media.

2. 

   Dashboard -> Settings -> Media -> Mode Custom.

3. 

   Dashboard -> Media -> Optimization info column.

0.2.10

• Fix: Setting the quality to “WP Default” not working and deactivating completely compression.

0.2.9

• Added feature: constrain original image dimension so the full size is never bigger than Max Retina resolution x2: Max Width = 5012 & Max Height = 2880.

0.2.8

• Fix: PHP notice.

0.2.7

• Updated README file.

0.2.6

• Fix: removed unsafe & unnecessary testing code.

0.2.5

• Changed plugin slug & text-domain.

0.2.3

• Fix: filter hdev_optimg_set_conversion wrongly set to hdev_optimg_set_mode in class HDEV_OPTIMG_Optimize.

0.2.2

• Added png to jpeg conversion feature
• Admin interface tweaks.
• Fix: unable to set the custom compression rate (field was disabled.)
• Minor fixes and adjustments.

0.1.3

• Code modularity improvements: added methods get_optimization_quality, get_optimization_setting & get_adjusted_size_params to class HDEV_OPTIMG_Optimize.
• Fix: jpeg quality was too low when image was cropped, scaled or rotated from the edit image screen.

0.1.1

• Minor fix: wp_editor_set_quality filter set to 100 to disable WP compression added only if optimization is active.

0.1.0

• Initial release.