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Looking for the best WordPress image optimization plugins to speed up your website
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If yes, then this video is for you. In this video I am going to show you a detailed review of the short pixel WordPress plugin
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Hey everyone, my name is Javisikbari and welcome to my channel, key to blogging.com
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Do you know images usually takes more than 50% of the total size of the web pages
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So that's why you need a good image optimization plugins that compresses your images efficiently and load your images
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and load your image faster on mobile devices. But it is difficult to find good plugins free of cost as most of are coming with paid plans
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But don't worry, I will share you with some tricks to get the most benefit of the free plans
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To help you find the best image optimization plugins for your site, I have prepared a detailed
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guide on 5 plus best image automation plugins for WordPress. And what are the pros and cons of these plugins
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You can check this on key to blogging.com. You will find the link in the description of the video
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So let's start. So we are in the WordPress dashboard and as you can see I am currently using the short pixel
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plugin in my WordPress website. So before moving into the settings, let's understand what are the features of this plugin
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As you can see, it supports three tab of image compression type like glossy, glossy and
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lossless If you are running a block then lossy format is best for you I am using the lossy format as it don compromise the image quality and provide the best compressions
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among the all paid plugins out there in the WordPress. So as you can see it has completed
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the 2 lakhs active installation in WordPress and it supports all type of image compression format
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like JPG, JPG 2000, PNG, GIF and it also supports PDF files
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And many paid plugins support WebP format in their paid plans. But in short pixel, WebP format is supported in its free plans also
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It also automatically convert the PNG files into JPG file and it also supports the bulk compressions
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It also back up the original images in a separate photo. and there is no file size limit in this plugin
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And it also remove the XI tag on your images and provide Cloudfare integration support in
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its free version also. But as you can see, it only provides you 100 free images per month in its free plan
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But if you sign up through my link, then you will get 200 images per month for free for
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time and you can extend this quota further by inviting your friends through your invitation links so as you sign up your you have to give your email address and it will give you an API key Then you have to put it on your WordPress dashboard in the API key sections and click on validate
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It will automatically validate your API key and activate your short pixel plugin
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Then you can choose the lossy format and click on apply compressions to image thumbnails as it is
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shows, it is highly recommend to optimize thumbnails. Then click on backup option if you want to create a backup of your original images
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In case if you are not satisfied with the compressed version, then you can revert it back
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to the original version in any point of time and you can remove the exit format and click
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on save changes. Then moving into the advanced tab, you will see a option like adjust your use
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image color for computers and mobile screen display. So it will automatically adjust the color of the images in different devices and tick on the
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web-p version of the images and it would use the free quota and it will compress the
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images along with web-p version of the images for faster loading of your images in
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mobile devices. You can also optimize the unlisted thumbnails but I don recommend it if you it blank and you can click on the automatically optimized PDF document options and click on Save Changes
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Then you can paste the Cloudflare API key here and as you can see, I have 300 images
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per month for free and it can also increase if you join the certain pixel through my link
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and I will get 100 images more. So this is best for a small website and you can also purchase one-time credit for about 5,000
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images in just $5. So you can also check the compression level of your images and compare it with the original
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images and as you can see it compresses the image about 80% and you can click on this
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and click and compare. it will show and this is the original image and this is the compress image
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So it looks just like the same and it also saves 80% file site
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So in this way you can also bulk optimize your images using these options
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