Option “Strip my image metadata”

  • niseadel

    (@niseadel)


    4 years, 7 months ago

    After installing the plugin, the “Strip my image metadata” option is active by default. This option follows the basic settings and should be scrolled with the mouse wheel to notice it.
    I upload my own photos to the site and write my authorship and other important metadata in the image properties.
    I noticed this option by chance after dozens of photos were uploaded to the site where the plugin deleted the metadata.

    This option should not be activated by default!

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by niseadel.
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  • Andy

    (@andywpmudev)

    4 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Niseadel,

    Very sorry to hear you’ve run into an issue here! Alas, there is a solution to easily restore your images and re-smush your images with the EXIF option disabled.

    You can restore your images by installing the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin, regenerating your affected thumbnails and then returning to Smush to re-compress them as per your new settings.

    We find that most (not all) users don’t need EXIF data so we have it on by default to save as much filesize as possible. I do apologise for any grief this has caused you and hope you can continue using the plugin 🙂

    Any further help we can be, please get in touch, and if after you’ve fixed things up feel that the plugin is better than a 1 star review it would be great to be re-reviewed!

    Cheers,
    Andy

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