Hey Johann,
thank you for your message and for already using ShortPixel Image Optimizer! 🙂
The issue noted by GTMetrix is exactly the kind of thing that ShortPixel Adaptive Images (SPAI) was designed for in the first place. So the answer is yes.
You can read more about how one plugin compares to the other here.
Best regards,
Alex
Hi Alex, thanks for your reply.
I just activate Adaptive Images and it seems to do a pretty good job.
Few questions:
1. Before I autoresize large images with Image Optimizer. I guess I don´t need this function anymore as Adaptive Images automatically serves the right image size doesn´t matter how large the original image is? I would prefer to deactivate that function as I had problems using it on multilingual site cause when cropping an image in default language I also had to crop the images in other languages manually…
2. On multilingual site with 5 languages would I need to use 5 times as many credits?
3. How do I use my credits in Adaptive Images? Can I still use my one time credits? When finished I would need to recharge? Or does it only work with monthly subscription?
4. How can I see my credits level in Adaptive Images? There is no Statistics tab like in Image Optimizer…
5. Can I empty my backup folder und delete Image Optimizer? Whats happening to the old images that got autoresized and edited with GLOSSY?
Thanks, Johann.
Johann,
here are the answers to your questions:
1) you could just leave the images as they are, you don’t need to resize them but I’d advise against that because this will end up taking much more disk space than necessary.
Please note that you could also use this plugin instead of ShortPixel Image Optimizer to resize the original images:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/resize-image-after-upload
2) maybe, maybe not.
Please check out this article to learn more how the credits are counted.
3) Sure you can use the one-time credits.
4) you need to login to your account @ ShortPixel and you’ll see your quota there. There should also be a warning when you ran out of credits inside the plugin.
This doc would be a good start to learn more.
5) you can empty the backup folder but I’d advice you to read this doc before doing that.
I’m not sure what you mean here by this “Whats happening to the old images that got autoresized and edited with GLOSSY?” could you please explain?
Thank you,
Alex
