Reduce Image File Sizes and Improve Performance in WordPress Automatically

Smush.it offers an API that performs these optimizations (except for stripping JPEG meta data) automatically, and this plugin seamlessly integrates Smush.it with WordPress.

Features

stripping meta data from JPEGs
optimizing JPEG compression
converting certain GIFs to indexed PNGs
stripping the un-used colours from indexed images

How does it work?

Every image you add to a page or post will be automatically run through Smush.it behind the scenes. You don’t have to do anything different.

Installation and Use

Download the WP Smush.it plugin and extract in your wp-content/plugins directory. Activate the plugin and you’re done.

Requirements: WordPress 2.5 or higher
License: GNU General Public License 3.0
Download: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-smushit.zip
Link: http://dialect.ca/code/wp-smushit/
Via: http://codefusionlab.blogspot.com/2009/07/16-impressive-image-optimization-tools.html
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Photoshop Seminars
Jul 21, 2009
No: 7 / ID: 4548

nice post, that sounds like a good plugin, making a site faster to load can only help with traffic.

LogoVale
Jul 19, 2009
No: 6 / ID: 4540

Hello,
Thanks for sharing your tip.

In fact, there is a free software called GIMP that can do the job of Photoshop. I use it frequently to reduce the image size before uploading to my Blog.

GIMP is an open source software used by many Internet Marketers. You can download it from => http://www.gimp.org

Cheers,
- LogoVale.com

Geld lenen
Jul 15, 2009
No: 5 / ID: 4524

I suppose it depends on the type of images you use. I would store large amounts of high resolution images on an external server / service (like Google Picasa) and I would use a plugin like Smush.it for .gif and other images that don’t consume to mutch band width.

Knowtebook
Jul 15, 2009
No: 4 / ID: 4523

thanks for this geld. what would be better? outsourcing the process and traffic, or keeping it in your own hands?

Geld lenen
Jul 15, 2009
No: 3 / ID: 4521

Yes heard of it before does seem to work very nice. @Rob, it stores the files on your own server.

Knowtebook
Jul 11, 2009
No: 2 / ID: 4502

hmm…i am not sure

Rob
Jul 10, 2009
No: 1 / ID: 4495

Hey, they sounds like a pretty cool concept for an add-on. Does the compressed file get stored on your server or theirs?

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