image optimization plugin?

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Hey, I'm looking for the best method to upload images to Wordpress with the best compromise between quality and load time.



Am experimenting with a plugin EWWW Image Optimizer, ever used it?



Was doing my own optimizing before uploading to Wordpress, but then Wordpress "crunched" the images further and they are too lossy.


What do you do?
#website design #image #optimization #plugin
  • I don't use any plugin for image optimizations. I use manual techniques for image uploading that is available by default on wordpress.
    Honestly speaking I am in web development and web designing from last 4+ years and I never listen this plugin ever in my life.
  • Best do it on your own. Optimize manually your images. It will not take you a lot of time. Difference with using a plugin or optimizing it manually will be seconds. You can be sure for something done manually but can't be sure for something that is done automatically and will have to check again.
  • Ok then, if you are doing it manually, what percentage of quality are you reducing your .jpg(s)?
    Also, when I add images to the media library, I see a dialogue box that says "crunching" briefly, so they must be being reduced further, right?
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    • Not exactly... WP actually creates more sizes of your uploaded picture (why don't you look a bit under the hood?) - it will upload the original (full) size and will create 3 more sizes:
      - big
      - medium
      - thumbnail

      In wp-admin, under Settings > Media you can define the pixel sizes for those... and if your uploaded picture is smaller than the "big", for example. WP will skip that size and will create only medium and thumb.

      Oh, and every decent image manipulation program should have a "batch" resize feature, where you can resize your images exactly to the ideal size of your blog... e.g. having a content area of 650px you can make your pics 640px wide (provided there are no padding and margin values to take into the calculation) and they will fit perfectly.
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