15 Best WordPress Image Optimization Plugins For 2021

WordPress Image Optimization has come to stay. Besides making users more engaged, WordPress Images have great SEO value. It is, therefore, a good practise to Speed up your Images.

Size of images can directly affect the time your web pages loads. Thus, the importance of image optimization plugins to your WordPress blog can not be overemphasized.

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If you are concerned about your page load time, then you must take image optimization very serious. In various speed testing tools (like Google PageSpeed insight, Gmetrix, Pingdom and WebPage Test), the size of your images affects your score.

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1. 15 Best Image Optimization Plugins For WordPress

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In my quest to reduce the sizes of the requests on my site, I have experimented with so many WordPress plugins. I have come to the conclusion that indeed some plugins are far better than others.

In this article, I will list the top 15 best Image Optimisation Plugins For WordPress and their important features. Ensure not to use more than one WordPress image Optimisation Plugin at a time.

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15 Best Image Optimization Plugins For WordPress

WP Smush (1+ Million Installs)
EWWW Image Optimizer (800,000+ Installs)
Imagify (300,000+ Installs)
Kraken Image Optimizer (40,000+ Installs)
TinyPNG (200,000+ Installs)
ShortPixel Image Optimizer (200,000+ Installs)
reSmush (100,000+ Installs)
Optimus (60,000+ Installs)
Media File Renamer (40,000+ Installs)
Autoptimize Image Optimisation (1+ Million Installs)

Note that you can choose to Optimise your images before uploading to your WordPress blog or adding to your articles. This is also recommended as plugins can slow down your blog.

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WP Smush

Can optimize JPEG, PNG and GIF.
It is very easy to install and use.
It can automatically optimize all your existing and new images.
It has both a free and paid version.
Lazy load Images
You can optimize images individually.

EWWW Image Optimizer

Can optimize new and existing images.
It speeds up your site without reducing the quality.
Optimization occurs within your own server.
Offers a cloud optimization feature.

Imagify

It is from the developer of Wp-Rocket plugin.
It supports bulk optimization.
It allows image resizing.
It has a backup option.

Kraken Image Optimizer

It enables image resizing.
It keeps backup of original images in cloud.
Supports JPEG, GIF and PNG.
Preserves selective inage EXIF data.

TinyPNG

Automatic compression for new images.
No file size limit
Bulk optimization
Resize image features

ShortPixel Image Optimizer

It helps improve the loading speed of your site
It optimizes your images without affecting quality
It supports both lossy and lossless compression
You need to get an API which you can use for more than one site.
Restores original images

reSmush.it

Compresses JJPG, PNG and GIF files up to 5MB.
Bulk operation to optimize all your pictures in 2 clicks
Different level of image optimisation

Optimus

It has both free and paid version
It supports PNG and JPEG
Supports Progressive JPEG
Supports WebP conversion
Can optimize Images up to 70%

Media File Renamer

Renames your files by updating their title.
Automatically update image links
It boosts your SEO.

Autoptimize Image Optimisation

Optimize images on the fly and serve them from Shortpixel’s global CDN
Lazy-load images

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