Image optimization is critical for high performing websites. The smaller your images are the less space they take up which is great for desktop and mobile users. Lossy compression yields smaller file sizes than lossless compression. Lossy Compression of PNGs can be done with pngquant hosted on github. This guide will show you how to batch … Learn more…
Optimizing your images can feel like black magic sometimes. The safest JPG compression is lossless meaning no quality loss (guide), lossy compression has far superior space savings. This guide will show you how to batch optimize JPG images using lossy compression with jpeg-recompress from jpeg-archive on Linux. In this guide I am batch optimizing 37000 images on … Learn more…
SVGs are a great way to have losslessly scalable vector images. Unlike other image types like png and jpg, svgs can be gzipped to compress them even further. Gzip compression can reduce file size dramatically. For example, you can shrink SQL files so they are 10% of their original size. This tutorial will show you how … Learn more…
Large images means a large page size which means slow WordPress page load times for users. The most common culprit is image size or lack of compression. If you never had any image size restrictions or automatic resizing on your site, it can be extremely convenient to batch resize those images in Linux. This guide … Learn more…
Overall page size is a critical factor for a fast website especially for mobile users. The usual suspect for making page size large for your site is the images. There are various WordPress plugins for batch optimizing jpeg and png images like TinyJPG and EWWW. This tutorial shows you how to losslessly compress all of … Learn more…