reSmush.it Image Optimizer for Wordpress

Wordpress plugin for the reSmush.it Image Optimization API

What is it ?

Use reSmush.it Image Optimizer for FREE to optimize your pictures file sizes. Improve your performances by using reSmush.it, the 25+ billion images API optimizer.

reSmush.it Image Optimizer allow to use free Image optimization based on reSmush.it API. reSmush.it provides image size reduction based on several advanced algorithms. The API accept JPG, PNG and GIF files up to 5MB.

Getting Started

This plugin includes a bulk operation to optimize all your pictures in 2 clicks ! Change your image optimization level to fit your needs ! This service is used by thousands of websites on different CMS (Drupal, Joomla, Magento, Prestashop...).

1. Upload resmushit-image-optimizer to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
3. It will appear in the Media section of the WP Admin page.
4. All your new pictures will be automatically optimized !

Prerequisites

This will require a quite standard PHP configuration

allow_url_fopen  must be set to On
CURL extension must be enabled

Usage

Once installed, the plugin will be able to optimize you assets. It will gather all your attachments and it will optimize them one by one. This operation can take a while, especially if you have a lot of assets to optimize.

Currently, reSmush.it Plugin doesn't use CRON to execute, you must remain on the Optimization page to make the optimization run.

Roadmap

• Add EXIF preservation option
• Add a pre-requisites test before running
• Provide a deeper log level
• Manage error when a picture is referenced in the DB but the file is missing on the server
• Manage error when there are server issues
• Enhance the old-jquery progress bar while optimizing
• Advanced option : move unsmushed pictures to another folder (not web accessible)
• Advanced option : not preserve unsmushed pictures
• Fix individual Optimize Button
• Provide a "restore" option if plugin is deactivated
• Provide option to optimize only some image size
• CSRF protection for Ajax calls
• Provide a S3 support
• Provide an Azure Storage support
• Provide a warning message when using reSmush.it with incompatibles plugins
• Add a link to the future GDPR and Privacy Policy Page on https://resmush.it
• Wordpress 5.x support
• Provide a CRON feature
• Fully compatible PHP 8.1 version
• Support for Arabic file names : https://wordpress.org/support/topic/arabic-named-images-dont-get-optimized/#post-13607644
• Auto-replace when JPG files is lower than an optimized PNG file
• Select image styles that needs optimizations
• fix Optimize button KO : https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-page-media-optimized-button-doesnt-work/#post-13607661
• SQL bug? : https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-311/
• Remove SQL entries and revert pictures if uninstalling the plugin
• Create a WP-CLI plugin

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

Authors

• Charles Bourgeaux - Initial work - reSmush.it
• ShortPixel - Shortpixel

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

More informations on the plugin on the Wordpress Plugin Page