Description
GPL Ji Image Optimizer optimizes images in the WordPress Media Library using image-processing capabilities available on your server. It includes image quality controls, optional metadata removal, original backups, WebP generation, responsive image helpers, lazy loading, and bulk and automatic optimization workflows.
The plugin’s included functionality is available without license checks, payment gates, trial periods, or usage quotas. Any paid add-on is distributed separately and is not bundled into this plugin.
Features
- Optimize supported Media Library images.
- Adjust image quality and compression mode.
- Generate WebP versions when supported by the server.
- Optionally remove image metadata.
- Optionally keep an original backup before optimization.
- Automatically optimize new image uploads.
- Bulk optimize eligible images in controlled batches.
- Responsive image and lazy-loading helpers.
- Optional LCP / Hero priority for explicitly eager/hero images.
- Add missing image dimensions where available.
- Dashboard counts for eligible, optimized and pending images.
- Go Pro link to the separately distributed product.
Requirements
- WordPress 6.2 or newer.
- PHP 7.4 or newer.
- PHP GD or Imagick with support for the image formats you want to process.
- Make a full site backup before bulk processing a large media library.
Installation
- Upload the
gpl-ji-image-optimizerfolder to/wp-content/plugins/or install the ZIP through Plugins > Add New Plugin > Upload Plugin. - Activate GPL Ji Image Optimizer.
- Open GPL Ji Image Optimizer > Settings to configure image quality and available features.
- Use the dashboard or Bulk Optimize page to process existing images.
The free plugin includes the LCP / Hero priority setting. The Pro feature list does not advertise that same setting as a paid feature.
FAQ
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Does this plugin require a license to optimize images?
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No. The functionality included in this plugin does not require a license.
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Is LCP / Hero priority included in the free plugin?
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Yes. The free plugin includes an optional LCP / Hero priority setting for explicitly eager or hero images. It is not presented as a Pro-only feature.
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Is WebP conversion guaranteed to work on every server?
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No. WebP conversion requires support from the server’s active PHP image engine (GD or Imagick).
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Does this plugin include paid Pro functionality behind a license check?
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No. Paid add-on functionality is not included in this plugin. The Go Pro link points to a separately distributed product.
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Where are original image backups stored?
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When enabled, backups are stored in a plugin-specific directory under the WordPress uploads directory. Optimized derivatives and generated WebP files are also stored in a plugin-specific uploads directory; the original Media Library files are preserved.
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Should I back up my website before bulk optimization?
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Yes. Keep a full website backup and test on a staging site when possible before processing a large media library.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.0.1
- Renamed the plugin to GPL Ji Image Optimizer.
- Corrected the Pro feature list so the free LCP / Hero priority setting is not advertised as a paid feature.
- Removed built-in Pro-only image processing code and license-gated/disabled controls.
- Enqueued admin JavaScript through WordPress APIs.
- Moved backup, temporary, and generated derivative storage to plugin-specific uploads directories.
- Preserved original Media Library files and served optimized derivatives through picture sources.
- Updated all Go Pro links to the GPL Ji Image Optimizer product page.