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Morning all,
When building a site with Wordpress, are you supposed to optimise any images you add, or does WP do that automatically?
Obviously, I want any photographs I add to be as high in quality as possible, but I don't want to cripple the functionality of the site.
Thanks
Wp generates a thumbnail and medium sized version of any uploaded images but it doesnt optimise. You can install plugins which will automatically do this though.
If like me you dont want a third party handling the compression use photoshop etc or an online service like kraken.io
Thanks, I'm using Photoshop. What settings are best?
I recently used a plugin called EWWW Image Optimizer that worked well to optimise a whole library of images (hundreds). Some images were 4mb+ etc, had been uploaded straight from smartphones etc
WP Smush is worth a look too.
Thanks, I'm using Photoshop. What settings are best?
agefx.com/blog/web-design/5-easy-steps-optimize-your-images-photoshop/
If you install the Jetpack plugin, Photon will resize images for you automagically:
https://jetpack.com/support/photon/
jetpack+1