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Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [CompressX — AVIF & WebP Converter, Media Replacement] Amazing Plug InHello @rmasters50
Thank you very much for the 5-star review! We are grateful for your acknowledgment of CompressX.
All the best,
Hello @jovarask
Could you please let us know which method you use in CompressX settings for serving AVIF? See this screenshot.
If it is picture tag, because picture tag can sometimes be incompatible with more complex website layouts, please try to switch to rewrite rules and see if that resolves the issue.
All the best,
Hello @rstrah
Thanks for the information.
We have checked your website, and from the returned response headers, we can see:
- server: HosterGuard
- cache-control: max-age=31536000
- content-type: image/avif
- vary: Accept
This information indicates that there is a layer of caching service (a CDN or proxy, HosterGuard) on your site. It has cached and returned the AVIF image before the request reached Apache for processing. This is why
?originalstill returns an AVIF file on your site.To resolve it, you may need to modify your HosterGuard configuration to allow the cache to recognize the query string and add the
originalparameter to the cache key whitelist.Since we don’t use HosterGuard, we are not able to provide step-by-step instructions on that. We recommend reaching out to HosterGuard’s support team with this information, and they should be able to help you get it sorted out.
We hope this helps!
All the best,
Hello @rstrah
Since this forum is intended for the free version, we’re not permitted to provide support for premium products here.
Please contact us directly through our contact form, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
Thanks,
All the best,
Hello @rstrah
This can be done when the plugin is configured to use the ‘Use rewrite rule’ mode. (This feature is not supported when using the ‘Use picture tag’ mode).
To get the original image, simply add
?originalto the end of the image URL in your browser.Here are a couple of examples:
- If the original URL is
https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pic.jpg, you would use:https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pic.jpg?original - If the URL already has other parameters, use
&originalinstead:https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pic.jpg?foo=bar&original
All the best,
Hello @dawhitestuff329
Many thanks for taking the time to leave this 5-star review to motivate us! Please feel free to contact us again if you have any issues using CompressX.
All the best,
Hello,
Thank you for sharing your positive experience with us and giving CompressX plugin a 5-star review. We greatly appreciate your feedback and are thrilled to hear that you enjoyed using our plugin. Your support means a lot to us, and we’re grateful for the time you took to share your satisfaction.
Have a nice day 🙂
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [CompressX — AVIF & WebP Converter, Media Replacement] Start bulk processing@tymwie Thanks. We are going to check it and get back to you as soon as we can.
All the best,
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [CompressX — AVIF & WebP Converter, Media Replacement] Start bulk processingHello @tymwie
The error usually appears when an AJAX call fails and the server’s response contains content that isn’t in the correct JSON format.
You can often find more details by checking for errors in your browser’s developer tools.
In the meantime, could you please send us a debug zip to support(at)compressx.io, you can find the debug zip from the plugin’s System Info tab? That will be helpful for us to further identify the issue.
All the best,
Hello @javnation
Thank you very much for taking the time to leave this 5-star review! We are happy to know that you find CompressX helpful. Please let us know if you need any help using it.
All the best,
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [CompressX — AVIF & WebP Converter, Media Replacement] I’m convertedHello @hybridcopywriter
Many thanks for your 5-star review and positive feedback! Please let us know if you need any help using CompressX.
All the best,
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [CompressX — AVIF & WebP Converter, Media Replacement] Original Image SizeHello @ivanpr
Thank you for reaching out with this valuable feedback and for your detailed observations. We appreciate you taking the time to compare our output with ShortPixel. Your findings highlight a key trade-off in image optimization, and we’d be happy to share some insights from a technical and experienced perspective:
1. Lightly pre-compressing an original JPG/PNG (for example, from 100% to 85% quality) can offer a modest file size reduction of 5-15% when converting to WebP or AVIF. However, for images already compressed, for example, by WordPress’s default 82% compression setting, the additional benefit of a second compression is minimal, typically offering only a 3-8% size reduction, in our view, the risk of degrading the image quality far outweighs this small gain.
2. If the original image is strongly compressed, this can reduce the size (5-15%) but can significantly lose detail and cause color banding or blocky artifacts. These flaws will be permanently “baked into” the WebP/AVIF, and the quality degradation can be very obvious.
The conclusion from points 1 and 2 is that light pre-compression has almost no effect on quality but offers little extra benefit, while strong pre-compression can reduce file size but severely damages image quality.
3. For SEO, light compression provides almost no effect on final rankings and indexing as far as we know, while strong compression may have a negative impact.
Based on the above, we believe the best approach is to always retain a high-quality original and then optimize loading on the front end with WebP/AVIF. This ensures both quality for search engine recognition and fast access for users.
We hope this helps. Please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any more questions. We’re always here to help you get the most out of your images.
All the best,
CompressX Support Team
