Title: Disable JPEG Image Compression
Author: Hybrid Webs
Published: <strong>January 1, 2020</strong>
Last modified: January 1, 2020

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# Disable JPEG Image Compression

 By [Hybrid Webs](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hybridwebs/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/disable-jpeg-image-compression.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-jpeg-image-compression/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-jpeg-image-compression/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-jpeg-image-compression/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-jpeg-image-compression/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-jpeg-image-compression/)

## Description

It seems that WordPress Media Library is compressing uploaded jpeg images by default
to 90% of their original quality.

While this is done in order to save your hosting bandwidth sometimes it doesn’t 
work that good especially if your website is oriented to selling or re-selling images(
for ex. a designer website or a photography website).

#### Requirements

 * WordPress 3.0 or higher.

## Installation

#### Using The WordPress Dashboard

 1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
 2. Search for ‘Disable JPEG Image Compression’
 3. Click ‘Install Now’
 4. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Disable JPEG Image Compression” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Hybrid Webs ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hybridwebs/)

[Translate “Disable JPEG Image Compression” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-jpeg-image-compression)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/disable-jpeg-image-compression/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/disable-jpeg-image-compression/),
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## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **6 years ago**
 *  Active installations **30+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.3.21**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-jpeg-image-compression/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Hybrid Webs ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hybridwebs/)

## Support

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