optimizing images

  • Resolved mettekristof

    (@mettekristof)


    11 years, 4 months ago

    Hi,

    We are trying to optimize our images in wordpress to improve loading time.

    But when uploading an image in WordPress multiple sizes and files are created on our ftp, which takes up a lot of space. Why are all these different size-versions created and how can we avoid it?

    Regards,
    Mette

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  • leejosepho

    (@leejosepho)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    WordPress make all the various sizes so you can select the desired size in pages and posts. https://wordpress.org/plugins/optimize-images-resizing/ is a plugin that will remove the unnecessary sizes, but I have not used it enough to have any experience with anything else it might be able to do. Also, it only optimizes the total number of images, not the actual images.

    Thread Starter mettekristof

    (@mettekristof)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    Ok thanks! We tried it and it definitely cut out a lot of the unnecessary files.

    Thanks for the advice.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    11 years, 4 months ago

    I don’t think your website’s load time is related to the amount of thumbnails WordPress creates in the dashboard, unless you’re talking about the dashboard’s loading time?

    Thread Starter mettekristof

    (@mettekristof)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    No it seems loading time was mainly connected to the size of our images and our slider, which we have corrected now.

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