Title: Bulk image compression doesnt work Last modified: November 1, 2025 --- # Bulk image compression doesnt work * Resolved [sharsharshar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharsharshar/) * (@sharsharshar) * [5 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-image-compression-doesnt-work/) * i have tried to compress 1000, 500, 4, 3, 2 images at a time, but none of them is working. they only compress the first one and the remaining images fail. A screen shot is attached (compress 2 images at a time, 1000 images case is same as this sense) [Screenshot 2025-11-01 185319.png](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TI61lTa-QLPkOsZ8O9ZBXWGnoVqbMIMF&usp=drive_copy) * The error log is here * [2025-11-01 10:52:42 : INFO] – Re_Smush_It_Task server status: Online [2025-11- 01 10:52:42 : INFO] – A total of 2 tasks of type smush found and will be processed in this iteration [2025-11-01 10:52:42 : DEBUG] – Lock option (updraft_lock_smush, ebc_options) was created in the database [2025-11-01 10:52:42 : INFO] – Lock ( updraft_lock_smush, ebc_options) acquired after initialising the database [2025- 11-01 10:52:42 : INFO] – Processing task with ID : 6203, and type ‘smush’ [2025- 11-01 10:52:42 : INFO] – Re_Smush_It_Task – Attachment ID : 18452, Started on: November 01, 2025 10:52:42 [2025-11-01 10:52:42 : INFO] – File: Screenshot-2025- 08-07-125841.png, Compression quality: 92 [2025-11-01 10:52:45 : INFO] – Backing up the original image – 2025/08/Screenshot-2025-08-07-125841-updraft-pre-smush- original.png [2025-11-01 10:52:55 : INFO] – There were no WebP conversion tools found on your server. [2025-11-01 10:52:55 : INFO] – Successfully optimized the image – /home/customer/www/dsetreasure.com/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2025/ 08/Screenshot-2025-08-07-125841.png.The file was compressed from 271.98 KB to 103.97 KB, saving 61.77 percent, using WP-Optimize [2025-11-01 10:52:55 : INFO]– Completed processing task with ID : 6203, and type ‘smush’ [2025-11-01 10:52: 55 : INFO] – Processing task with ID : 6204, and type ‘smush’ [2025-11-01 10: 52:55 : INFO] – Re_Smush_It_Task – Attachment ID : 18456, Started on : November 01, 2025 10:52:42 [2025-11-01 10:52:55 : INFO] – File: Screenshot-2025-08-07- 125841.png, Compression quality: 92 [2025-11-01 10:52:58 : INFO] – Backing up the original image – 2025/08/Screenshot-2025-08-07-125841-updraft-pre-smush-original. png [2025-11-01 10:53:09 : INFO] – There were no WebP conversion tools found on your server. [2025-11-01 10:53:09 : INFO] – Successfully optimized the image–/ home/customer/www/dsetreasure.com/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot- 2025-08-07-125841.png.The file was compressed from 103.97 KB to 103.97 KB, saving 0 percent, using WP-Optimize [2025-11-01 10:53:09 : INFO] – Completed processing task with ID : 6204, and type ‘smush’ [2025-11-01 10:53:09 : INFO] – Lock option( updraft_lock_smush, ebc_options) released [2025-11-01 10:53:09 : INFO] – Successfully processed the queue (smush). 2 tasks were processed out of 2. [2025-11-01 10: 53:09 : INFO] – Lock option (updraft_lock_smush, ebc_options) was deleted from the database [2025-11-01 10:53:09 : INFO] – Cleaning up tasks of type (smush). A total of 2 tasks will be deleted. Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * Plugin Support [jbgupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbgupdraft/) * (@jbgupdraft) * [5 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-image-compression-doesnt-work/#post-18705121) * Hi, * Thank you for reporting this! Our developers have been made aware of the issue where bulk optimization only compresses the first image in a batch and this should be resolved in our next release. Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) You must be [logged in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbulk-image-compression-doesnt-work%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to reply to this topic. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-optimize/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1552899) * [WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-optimize/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-optimize/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-optimize/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-optimize/reviews/) * 1 reply * 2 participants * Last reply from: [jbgupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbgupdraft/) * Last activity: [5 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-image-compression-doesnt-work/#post-18705121) * Status: resolved