Title: Help with image compression
Last modified: April 3, 2017

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# Help with image compression

 *  [balanga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/balanga/)
 * (@balanga)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-image-compression/)
 * _[ Moderator note: [moved to Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/before-posting-in-everything-wordpress/?view=all).]_
 * I need some guidance on image compression to speed up access to my website. I’m
   not sure if I need to shrink my images and re-upload them, and I’m prewtty confused
   about compression plugins – there seem to be so many around. Is there an independent
   guide to compression plugins?

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 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-image-compression/#post-8986320)
 * I compress locally using the free [Caesium Image Compressor](https://saerasoft.com/caesium/)
   program (not affiliated), and then upload to the site. I’m sure there are others.
   There are some plugin options too, but I have no experience with them. You’ll
   be surpised how small you can shrink the file size wihout any noticeable loss
   in quality.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/).
 *  [pxforti](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pxforti/)
 * (@pxforti)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-image-compression/#post-8987210)
 * The smush-it WordPress plugin will compress all existing images on your site.
   The free version only compresses around 50 images at a time so you have to keep
   restarting it until you get through all your existing images.
 * After that, smush it will compress all images you upload. This will slow down
   your upload process a bit, but you don’t need to pre-compress them.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/)
 * If you want to do your compressions on your computer before you upload them, 
   imageoptim is a good choice: [https://imageoptim.com](https://imageoptim.com)

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-image-compression/#post-8987210)
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