Compressing Images in WordPress

Compressing images is a good idea to speed up websites that are image heavy. Ideally images are not uploaded in a higher resolution than what is exactly needed, otherwise resources are being wasted.

For example, if an image is 5000 x 7000 pixels coming out of the camera and you upload that directly into your website, it’s going to take a lot of resources to load that.

That same image can be reduced down to something around 1500 pixels per side, whatever works out to to keep the resolution correct. This will load a lot faster and take a lot less resources.

In older websites, sometimes there are a lot of images that have been uploaded in a lot of random ways and you may not want to take the time to go back through and re-upload them all in the correct size.

There’s actually a shortcut that can be done which is image compression plugins. There’s a particular plugin that I have found that works quite well called Optimus.

With Optimus, just have to install and then you run the compression tool called Optimus Bulk Optimizer.

It will list out how many images are on your website in total. There is a big blue button that says ‘Optimize All Images’ click that and let it run. If there’s a lot of images, it will take a while. Just let that run without closing the window screen.

After that’s done, the images have been compressed and the website is a bit faster.

Have questions about how to speed up your WordPress website? Drop me a line on my contact form and I’ll be glad to help you out with that!

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Written by: Jophiel Silvestrone

Jophiel Silvestrone has written 326 posts in the Tech Blog.

Jophiel grew up on a ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana near Chico Hot Springs. Working on the ranch instilled work ethic and self motivation. Filled with this drive, Jophiel started mowing the local school's yards twice a month throughout the summers, at the age of 12. He moved to Billings in 2004, where he has been deeply involved in the local business community ever since. A serial entrepreneur, Jophiel has ran multiple businesses in our local community. The first business, a janitorial and carpet cleaning company, founded in 2005, has employed over 50 locals. Moving on to the media industry, Jophiel and several partners founded Green Directory Montana in the spring of 2007. Green Directory's sustainability ranking software awarded points based on sustainable or "green" actions. These points counted towards a business's total "Green Score," which in turn ranked them against other businesses in their category and throughout the entire site. It also featured a limited edition print version distributed annually. A business acquisition allowed Jophiel to focus on new projects, and a few close business colleagues and Jophiel started Rocky Mountain Mr. & Ms. Magazine, a lifestyle publication for men and women in the Magic City. After a year and a half at the helm of RM3 Magazine, the business was purchased. He now runs a web development company SkyPoint Studios and fathers his son Jaoquin, who plays football, basketball, soccer, and is learning snowboarding from his dad. Recently, has expanded to locations in Havasu, Arizona & Vegas. SkyPoint Studios is a market leader in both Billings & Havasu and Jophiel is working on building that same level of market dominance in Vegas. Specialties: Extensive experience in online and offline business. Especially savvy at WordPress, and operate several sites, one example is the blog: skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com/tech-blog. Check out skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com for the latest projects from SkyPoint Studios.