Title: Display &#039;Show Optimized Images&#039; while/after optimizing
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Display 'Show Optimized Images' while/after optimizing

 *  Resolved [Daedalon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daedalon/)
 * (@daedalon)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-show-optimized-images-whileafter-optimizing/)
 * Upon clicking Optimize Images, the button Show Optimized Images disappears. When
   the optimizing is complete, the button is still gone. A page refresh is required
   to be able to click the button.
 * 1. It might be more convenient to show that button after the optimizing is complete.
 * 2. Relatedly, a Stop Optimizing button might be a welcome addition. Clicking 
   it would stop the optimization and re-display the buttons that were hidden when
   starting the optimization.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/)

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 *  Plugin Author [nosilver4u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * (@nosilver4u)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-show-optimized-images-whileafter-optimizing/#post-4473957)
 * The button disappears, because it won’t do anything anymore (and to prevent accidentally
   double-clicking). When the optimizing is complete, it is no longer necessary 
   to have such a button, as you’ve already optimized everything…
 * If you wish to stop optimizing (and yes this may not be obvious to everyone),
   you can simply navigate away from the page. As soon as the current image is done,
   the process will stop.
 *  Thread Starter [Daedalon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daedalon/)
 * (@daedalon)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-show-optimized-images-whileafter-optimizing/#post-4473983)
 * 1. Show Optimized Images button is not unnecessary after everything is optimized.
   On the contrary, it shows what has been optimized and what were the savings, 
   being more useful the more you’ve optimized.
 * Let’s say you have 900 images, of which 200 have been optimized. You have the
   option to click Show Optimized to see information about those 200. After you’ve
   optimized 100 more, you can see information about those 300 – but only after 
   you reload the page after optimization. If you’ve optimized all 900, you can 
   see information about all of them – but only after you reload the page. Re-displaying
   the button after optimization is finished would make that refreshing unnecessary.
 * 2. We noticed this, and noticed that there are other ways to disrupt the optimizing,
   but didn’t yet inspect those (sometimes we left one tab on to optimize, and noticed
   later it was interrupted by something). We would consider it an improvement in
   the UI if there was a specific button for this action.
 *  Plugin Author [nosilver4u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * (@nosilver4u)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-show-optimized-images-whileafter-optimizing/#post-4473991)
 * Sorry about that, in my rush to get caught up, I misread your comment. I thought
   you had said ‘Start Optimizing’ instead of ‘Show Optimized’. That makes a whole
   lot more sense!
 *  Plugin Author [nosilver4u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * (@nosilver4u)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-show-optimized-images-whileafter-optimizing/#post-4474041)
 * #2 from your original post has landed in ‘dev’ (mostly, it just stops, but doesn’t
   redisplay any buttons, keep reading for the why)
 * #1 is going to take some brainstorming, just because of how things are structured.
   The Show Optimized Images button is tied in with all the other buttons, so currently
   it is a bit of an ‘all or nothing’ situation, which is not what we want to do.
 * I presume the other buttons you referred to in #2 would just be the Show Optimized&
   Empty Table buttons, or am I missing something on that?
 *  Thread Starter [Daedalon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daedalon/)
 * (@daedalon)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-show-optimized-images-whileafter-optimizing/#post-4474046)
 * Good to hear, thanks!
 * 2. Before starting optimization, the visible buttons are:
 * Start Optimization
    Empty Table Show Optimized
 * Upon beginning the optimization, it would seem reasonable that there’d be only
   one button visible:
 * Stop Optimization
 * After interrupting optimization, these buttons are shown after reloading the 
   page, but they could already be shown before that:
 * Resume previous optimization
    Reset Status Empty Table Show Optimized
 *  Plugin Author [nosilver4u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * (@nosilver4u)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-show-optimized-images-whileafter-optimizing/#post-4474052)
 * This has also been implemented in ‘dev’, forgot about that.
 *  Thread Starter [Daedalon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daedalon/)
 * (@daedalon)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-show-optimized-images-whileafter-optimizing/#post-4474055)
 * Tested and works excellently. Thanks!

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