ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF

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Optimize images & PDFs smartly. Create and compress next-gen WebP and AVIF formats. Smart crop and resize.

4.5

Rating summary

759

Reviews

300K

Active installations

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ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF

Overview

Compatibility

Installation instructions

Customer support & learning resources

Main benefits

Optimize images and PDFs

Automatic image resizing

Supports multiple image formats

Improves website SEO

Compatible with various plugins

About this plugin

Author: ShortPixel

Categories: Media Management

Version: 5.6.3

Last updated: 16-07-2024

WordPress version: 4.8.0

Tested up to: 6.6

PHP version required: 5.6

Languages: Български, Čeština [+16]

Tags:

Image optimization Resize Compressor Optimize images Convert webp

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Overview

ShortPixel is a versatile and user-friendly image optimization plugin for WordPress that enhances your website's SEO, visitor count, and sales by optimizing images and PDF documents. This lightweight yet powerful tool can compress all existing images and PDFs with a single click and automatically optimizes new uploads in real-time. Compatible with various galleries, sliders, and eCommerce plugins, ShortPixel offers both lossy and lossless compression for common image types as well as PDF files. The plugin supports the creation of WebP and AVIF versions of images, offers smart cropping for subject-centered thumbnails, and includes extensive optimization features like JPEG compression specifically for photographers. It integrates seamlessly with multiple hosting environments and provides full WP-CLI support for large media libraries. With a robust set of customization options and 24/7 support, ShortPixel ensures that all your images are optimized for better performance, faster load times, and improved user engagement.

Easy-to-Use and Comprehensive

Lightweight and stable plugin
Install-and-forget-about-it functionality
Compress all past images and PDFs with a single click
New images are automatically resized and optimized on the fly

Enhanced SEO and Performance

Optimized images improve user experience
Better PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix results
Improved Google PageRank
Increased website visitors and sales

Advanced Image Optimization Features

Supports lossy and lossless compression for JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF, and PDF
Glossy JPEG compression for high-quality optimization
Smart Cropping to generate subject-centered thumbnails
Option to convert JPEG, PNG, or GIF to WebP and AVIF

Compatibility and Flexibility

Works with any gallery, slider, or eCommerce plugin
Compatible with shared, cloud, VPS, or dedicated hosting
Supports WP-CLI for background processing
Integrates with Cloudflare and other major hosting providers

Features list

Feature

Free version

Premium version

SmartCompress image optimization

Optimizes images using advanced algorithms.

Lossy/Glossy/Lossless algorithms

Offers multiple compression algorithms for image optimization.

Automatic conversion to WebP/AVIF

Automatically converts images to WebP or AVIF formats.

Bulk optimization

Allows optimization of multiple images at once.

BMP, TIFF auto-conversion

Automatically converts BMP and TIFF images to more efficient formats.

PNG, BMP, TIFF conversion to JPEG

Converts PNG, BMP, and TIFF images to JPEG format.

EXIF management

Manages EXIF data during image optimization.

Animated GIF to animated WebP/MP4 conversion

Converts animated GIFs to animated WebP or MP4 formats.

24/7/365 support

Provides round-the-clock customer support.

WP-CLI support

Supports WP-CLI for command-line operations.

Select individual thumbnail sizes to be optimized

Allows selection of specific thumbnail sizes for optimization.

Advanced optimization exclusion

Enables exclusion of specific images from optimization.

CMYK to RGB conversion

Converts CMYK images to RGB format.

Compatible with WordPress multisite install

Works seamlessly with WordPress multisite installations.

API KEY aliases - ideal for agencies

Supports API key aliases for agency use.

Pricing

Free

$0 / none

Plan includes

SmartCompress image optimization

Lossy/Glossy/Lossless algorithms

Automatic conversion to WebP/AVIF

Bulk optimization

BMP, TIFF auto-conversion

PNG, BMP, TIFF conversion to JPEG

EXIF management

Animated GIF to animated WebP/MP4 conversion

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Unlimited Billed yearly

$0 / yearly

Plan includes

SmartCompress image optimization

Lossy/Glossy/Lossless algorithms

Automatic conversion to WebP/AVIF

Bulk optimization

BMP, TIFF auto-conversion

PNG, BMP, TIFF conversion to JPEG

EXIF management

Animated GIF to animated WebP/MP4 conversion

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Rating and reviews

4.5

Rating summary

759

Reviews

300K

Active installations

User sentiment analysis

Users are highly satisfied with the WordPress plugin for image optimization. They appreciate its ease of use, effective bulk image conversion, and significant reduction in image sizes, which leads to improved website performance and load times. The support team is frequently praised for their prompt, helpful, and friendly assistance. Users find the pricing reasonable and benefit from features like WebP and AVIF support, as well as the plugin's seamless integration with other tools. However, some users reported issues with over compressed images, misleading advertisements about features, and conflicts with other plugins leading to broken images and critical errors. The credit system for image optimization was also noted as confusing and restrictive for some users.

deeveearr

17 Aug, 2024

After trying out a couple of alternatives, I’ve decided to stick with ShortPixel for the forseeable future. The alternatives: 1) Imagify Slower than a snail crawling through treacle, and still did not completely optimise my images after a week, Imagify proved itself impossible to use for anyone with a website larger than three pages. 2) Optimole Far better then Imagify, but starts eating into any ‘credits’ on anything more than a one-page website. (I’m still using Optimole on one of my ‘one page’ websites, but to get out of the ‘eating credits’ scenario, you need to throw a backink back to Optimole onto your page). So the winner then is ShortPixel, and even by getting ‘credits’ for a large (500 posts and counting website), it works out much cheaper than the two alternatives mentioned earlier.

fitzthe1

29 Jul, 2024

This is a wonderful plugin, it simply works and does it fast. a real deal.

stevestu

17 Jul, 2024

These guys have spent alot of time perfecting this plugin. It works not only great, but is really easy to use. I just finished a bulk conversion of all my images. It ran with a couple easy clicks and reported progress and results on each image as it ran. The overall average image redution was over 38%, which I think is outstanding. Plus, I think the cost is very reasonable compared to how well it works and results it gets.

marciadotcom

25 Jun, 2024

worked well to compress 8,500 images on my website. I did so about 200 at a time because I was worried about the transfer of that much data back and forth. It did take some time for everything to go through and process. Pictures still look good.

dhernandez84

10 Jun, 2024

a must have plugin

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ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF

Overview

Compatibility

Installation instructions

Customer support & learning resources

Main benefits

About this plugin

Overview

Easy-to-Use and Comprehensive

Enhanced SEO and Performance

Advanced Image Optimization Features

Compatibility and Flexibility

Features list

Pricing

Plan includes

Plan includes

Rating and reviews

User sentiment analysis

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FAQ

How does ShortPixel compare to other image optimisation plugins (e.g Smush, Imagify, TinyPNG, Kraken, EWWW, Optimole)?

Can I use the same API Key on multiple web sites?

What plan is better for me? What do you recommend?

I don’t know how many thumbnails do I have, what plan should I take?

Can I upgrade/downgrade easily my plan?

Can I test/use the plugin for free?

Can I optimize images that aren’t in Media Library?

Can I optimize images that are both past and new?

A credit = an optimized image?

Can I restore my images? What happens with the originals?

What types of formats can be optimized?

Do you have one-time plans?

What happens to my existing images?

How does the plugin work?

Do you optimize images in the cloud?

What payment methods are accepted?

How do I activate the API key on a multisite?

I am not the only one working on the WordPress Dashboard. How can I hide my API key?

How much is a credit?

Why shall I use a WordPress plugin and not an offline tool?

Does optimizing images affect my ALT tags?

If I stop using ShortPixel will my images remain optimized?

Do I have to pay monthly or one time?

When can I cancel a monthly plan?

When do credits expire?

Do you have an API?

Can I use the ShortPixel WP plugin on a localhost installation?

How does resizing work?

Will ShortPixel work if my website is using CloudFare?

Where do I report security bugs found in this plugin?

I’m stuck. What do I do?