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September 30, 2014 at 1:22 pm #16974

thebirdiemachine
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I found some info on optimizing photos – unfortunately smush.it seems to be broken (it will not create the zip file). Wondering if there are any recommended plugins that plays nice with GD to get the job done or maybe another online service out there.

Thanks
Stacey

September 30, 2014 at 2:04 pm #16982

Simone
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Hello Stacey, I usually use smush.it, if it’s broken it might be due to some issue with your host permissions. By the way, take a look in the WordPress plugins section, you should find plenties of plugin

September 30, 2014 at 3:13 pm #16988

thebirdiemachine
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@Simone is there a preferred size – like A pixels wide x Y pixel high for GD (or a range)?

Do you know if EWWW Image Optimizer & Imsanity plugins are compatible with GD?

Thanks & Cheers
Stacey

September 30, 2014 at 3:40 pm #16994

Simone
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You can take the sample images in the demo as reference, they are 600Wx400h, this should be the base resolution.

I’ve tried now the EWWW plugin, and it worked like a charm.

September 30, 2014 at 4:14 pm #16997

thebirdiemachine
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EXCELLENT! Thanks @Simone

October 1, 2014 at 12:17 am #17065

identity
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I’m also using EWWW and works good. Nice thing is that you can run it automatically on upload but also selective optimize images or have it run through the entire media library an optimize, either ignoring previously optimized images or reoptimizing them as well. Lots of great settings I haven’t actually played with yet, but very impressed so far.

I have found though, especially if you are uploading very large images to begin with that it seems to really bog down the system. In general, I think image optimization on the server is a pretty resource intensive operation, so any bulk optimizations might be best scheduled for off-hours or low traffic periods.

cheers
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