Yeaup, it’s still the best.
And I keep getting asked everyday by clients,
“Why?…why do you like ShortPixel so much?”
ShortPixel’s advantages – IMAGE QUALITY AND FEATURES!
I love its algorithm…LOSSY is really small and still great quality…GLOSSY is great for high quality images.
The plugin is fast, doesn’t slow down WP admin (like other image compression plugins). It also has a convenient server function where you can batch compress by FTP folder—basically allowing you to optimize all images on your server (even if they aren’t added to media library). Really nice comparison tool and easy backup/restore of originals.
And last but not least, it’s the best one of all the image compression tools I’ve tried. It consistently gets better quality at smaller size. Other tools may be ok with gradients but poor with sharp details (or vice versa), or ok with big images but poor with small (or vice versa)…but ShortPixel is great across the board.
I’m aware of new image compression plugins showing up on the market everyday to monetize on the trend but ShortPixel is still the best for me.
Try ShortPixel for free! – ShortPixel website
ShortPixel’s is mean no doubt…
What do you think of the integrated image optimization with cache plugin, Swift Performance? It seems odd to activate another plugin to do a similar job. That is usually my goto cache plugin too.
+1 for TinyPNG’s and EWWW Image Optimizer.
* https://wordpress.org/plugins/tiny-compress-images/
* https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/
ShortPixel image compression is gonna be better than Swift but yes, just use Swift one if you have pro and don’t want to spend any more money and/or fine with its image compression.
I was going to ask pretty much the same thing about using the image compression in Litespeed Cache.
Hi, Johnny!
Thank you for article.
Please, let me one question. What you think about WebP image formats?
It is good alternative for jpeg / png?
I am looking tests, and images with WebP format was very lightweight.
What you think about it? Should I use WebP images on my WordPress websites?
Sorry for my english. Thank you again, great article!
I still prefer JPEG and PNG simply because WebP is not fully universal yet (across all browsers and devices). The size difference hasn’t made that much of a difference IMO. It’s more like space-savings rather than actually speed-savings.
What do you think about using webp instead of jpeg?
I think the gains are so small and don’t offset the lack of widespread adoption. I also hate that you can’t view or manipulate those images as easily when downloaded to a computer. I end up having to explain to people why they can’t upload webp images to Facebook, etc.
PS: I got your email, will reply soon. Thank you! 🙂