How did all my WP jpegs get compressed?

  • Resolved dallion82

    (@dallion82)


    8 years, 5 months ago

    Hi there,

    I’m an artist, and when I post new jpegs to my site, they become horribly compressed. Not just a little — it’s as if you selected 25% or lower in Photoshop (the images I upload are unnoticeably compressed).

    At first, I thought this was jsut happening with with new uploads, but when I go back though very old posts I notice ALL my jpeg uploads are this way. (png files are untouched).

    This is happening even on images I don’t use the file uploader for (ie: my site logo in the column).

    http://www.dallion.com

    Why is this happening? Any ideas??
    Thank you!

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    8 years, 5 months ago

    Is this happening for the original images that can be found in the uploads folder at their original sizes?

    Thread Starter dallion82

    (@dallion82)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    I checked, and the original images on the FTP are high quality; at least when I download them from the server.

    But when I type the image URL in a browser, they look terribly compressed. Example:
    http://dallion.com/wp-content/uploads/fire_your_boss_web.jpg

    Also over-compressed:
    http://dallion.com/illustration/fire-your-boss-poster

    They look this way in Chrome and Firefox. Is it just me?

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    8 years, 5 months ago

    In one sense you’re probably the only one who can notice it – because we haven’t got your original image and we aren’t familiar with it or your website.

    Are you just going off looks or is there a difference like the size of the file?

    Thread Starter dallion82

    (@dallion82)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    Good question.

    So I right-clicked and saved the image on my WP, and the file size is 49kb. The original image that I uploaded was 156kb!

    In an effort to discover what is causing this compression, I disabled ALL my plug-ins… it still happened. Must be something with WP itself.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    8 years, 5 months ago

    And if you manually put the image in your uploads folder via FTP, does that image have the same problem?

    MarkRH

    (@markrh)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    When I went to that page, this is what I see: http://i.imgur.com/ydfSSSF.png

    Image is 152,309 bytes in size and if I do Save Image As it makes a 148KB file. Using Firefox 42 in Windows 7 Pro.

    Thread Starter dallion82

    (@dallion82)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    Thanks for the info, Mark.

    I think I figured out the problem: I live remotely and only get internet access via my iphone hotspot. To use less data, I believe the phone is compressing images accessed through it.

    This problem was driving me mad. Thanks guys for helping me figure it out. 🙂

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