MegaOptim Image Optimizer Plugin

MegaOptim is image optimization plugin and that is easy to use, stable and actively maintained by dedicated team of experts. 🙂

The plugin uses minimal resources on your server and all the heavy lifting is done by our API service on our servers. No binaries will be ever installed on your server that will slow down your site.

We strive to make the plugin as lightweight as possible and will never bloat your dashboard with ads, notifications, upsells or run background services that will cause high CPU usage constantly. The plugin only runs when it’s really necessary.

What is image optimization and why it is important?

Image Optimization is delivering the high-quality images in the right format, dimension, size, and resolution while keeping the smallest possible size.

What features do MegaOptim offer?

• Bulk optimization for the Media Library, NextGen, MediaPress, etc
• Bulk optimization of Folders by your choice in your server
• WP CLI Support for optimization and restore (bulk or single)
• Uses progressive JPEG format for faster rendering
• Supports WebP. Creates and serves WebP when possible
• Supports Sub-accounts support with detailed statistics
• Supports Backups/Restore + option to configure what to back up
• Option to select which thumbnails to optimize
• Option to enable/disable conversion from CMYK to RGB
• Option to preserve/remove the EXIF/IPTC metadata
• Option to auto-resize images to given dimensions upon optimization/upload
• Compatible with WP Retina 2x
• Compatible with WP Offload Media / Amazon S3
• Compatible with CloudFlare. Purges image cache upon optimization
• Compatible with WP 5.3+ BIG Image Threshold feature
• Compatible with Windows/UNIX hosting environments
• Compatible with WP Engine, SiteGround and other providers
• Compatible with localhost and password-protected sites
• No credits charged if %5 or less is saved per image
• Multisite Support

How much does MegaOptim cost?

The service comes with 500 FREE images/tokens per month for everyone. We also have unlimited plan at only $7.50. Check our pricing here.

Have a question? Contact us!

We have dedicated support team ready to help you 24/7.

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Developer Hooks / CLI

Click here to read more about our WP CLI integration and the actions and filters that are available.

1.) Sign up for api key at https://megaoptim.com/register
2.) You will receive your API key in the email address you provided.
3.) Upload the MegaOptim plugin to /wp-content/plugins or install it via the wp-admin interface, finally activate it.
4.) Navigate to wp-admin and in the sidebar menu click on “MegaOptim”, hover over and go to “Settings”, here you can paste the api key and save the settings.
5.) In the same section check the other settings, change them according to your needs.
6.) You are all set! Begin optimizing by navigating to “MegaOptim” > “Optimizer” ( In the top right corner you can select optimizer )

1. 

   Media Library Optimizer

2. 

   Media Library Table List

3. 

   General Settings

4. 

   Advanced Settings

5. 

   Debug Page

6. 

   NextGen Library Optimizer

7. 

   Media Library Single Attachment Page

8. 

   WP CLI - All commands

9. 

   WP CLI - Bulk Optimize command

10. 

    WP CLI - Bulk Restore command

11. 

1.4.23

• Test compatibility with WordPress 6.4
• Improve error logging
• Fix compatibility with WP Offload Media
• Fix webp loading when using with WP Offload Media
• Fix bugs during the async upload
• Upgrade wp-background-processing library

1.4.22

• Test compatibility with WordPress 6.3
• Update plugin resources

1.4.21

• Fix issue related to file name encodings which prevented to correctly optimize that used special characters in file name

1.4.20

• Added option to delete attachment metadata via Settings > MegaOptim > Advanced if WP_DEBUG is enabled.
• Added additional safeguarding of the original images if invalid/corrupt image is received through the API.
• Fix ‘Custom folders’ optimizer issue, not finding files with all uppercase.

• Fix ‘Custom Folders’ optimizer issue, not correctly transforming local to public path in some hosting environments.

• Fix various warnings related to PHP8.1

1.4.19

• Added PHP 8.1 support
• Tested with WordPress 5.9

1.4.18

• Removed the cURL API calls and rewrote it to use the WordPress HTTP API instead
• Fixed various bugs in the HTTP client making the plugin behave creepy in some environments.
• Fixed end(explode()) call that triggered error. We should pass variables only here.
• Added various codebase and PHP 8.1 improvements

1.4.17

• Fix PHP warnings related to the WebP features

1.4.16

• Fix url encoding for attachments that contain weird characters

1.4.15

• Fix problem related to the the constants definitions loading
• Fix url validation problem causing bulk optimizer to hang
• Fix conflict with File Manager plugins that use elfinder library
• Fix WordFence false-positive related to php_uname()
• Update api timeouts to prevent ui blocking if megaoptim api is down
• Improved bulk optimizer. Add better error handling.

1.4.14

• Added UI sidebar for links and other information
• Added free tokens promo link
• Added various responsive UI fixes
• Fixed problem with CLI. Allow up to 10 consecutive errors before terminating bulk upload.

1.4.13

• Terminate the WP CLI Bulk process only if API problem is found e.g. Insufficuent tokens.

1.4.12

• Performance optimizations in /wp-admin
• Performance optimizations in the Bulk optimization process through the admin UI
• Imrpoved WP CLI Bulk optimizer. If there is an error like “No tokens left”, terminate the process completely
• Removed confirm dialog when refreshing optimizer page for insufficient tokens

1.4.11

• Fix error triggered when activating the plugin

1.4.10

• Add compatibility with PHP 8
• Add compatibility with WordPress 5.6
• Speed improvements to the ‘Custom Folders’ module
• Fix fatal error in some occuasions when generating debug report.
• Fix forever loading when “Optimize” button is pressed in Media Library list table screen in certain cases
• Fix file naming problem when ‘#’ is present in file names
• Ignore wp-content/uploads from ‘Custom Folders’ scan

1.4.9

• Fix broken WebP images when both file.png.webp and file.webp exists on the server
• Improved WebP settings UI/UX
• Tested on WordPress 5.4

1.4.8

• Added chunked Media Library scanning for large media libraries to prevent memory exhaustion and timeouts
• Added error reporting for cases when there is fatal error during bulk optimization caused by third party. eg: plugin updates, etc.
• Improved Bulk Optimizer counters
• Improved WPCLI Bulk Optimizer command
• Improved Bulk Folder/File Optimizer
• Improved Bulk Media Library Optimizer
• Improved Bulk NextGen Library Optimizer
• Improved UI out-of-tokens signalization
• Fixed notice title conflicts
• Fixed several typos

1.4.7

• Fix WebP php warning

1.4.6

• Added scan filters
• Improved Bulk Optimizer UI (Added confirmation on exit and Cancel button)
• Improved WebP/WP Media Offload support: Detect if WebP image exist on the remote s3 bucket use it in the final markup
• Improved WebP/WP Media Offload support: Added support for installs that use CNAME to mask the s3 bucket url.
• Improved readme

1.4.5

• Added compatibility for WP 5.3 “BIG Image” threshold. If Auto-Optimize is enabled AND Max Width/Height are set in the options, disable the “BIG Image” treshold
• Fix the auto resize width/height option (was not working correctly)
• Improved Media library table rendering
• Improved logging function. Automatically remove log files bigger than 10 MB

1.4.4

• Added WP Offload Media (Lite/Pro) support
• Improved WebP support

1.4.3

• Added file/directory support to wp megaoptim optimize command. You can now optimize files and folders by specifying path.
• Improved file optimizer
• Improved UI

1.4.2

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.3
• Improved image URL validation functionality
• Improved public site detection functionality.

1.4.1

• Added support for l18n standard
• Added notice to suggest to the user to switch to list mode in the Media Library screen
• Improved the welcome instructions screen
• Updated usage message for wp megaoptim restore command to match the command
• Refactored ajax security checks and added some more security hardening (thanks pluginvulnerabilities for the suggestions)
• Added improved error reporting in the Media Library list mode

1.4.0

• Added WP CLI command for optimizing images eg. wp megaoptim optimize <ID> [--force] [--level=<option>]
• Added WP CLI command for restoring images eg. wp megaoptim restore <IDorAll>
• Added WP CLI command for setting api key. eg. wp megaoptim set_api_key <api_key>
• Added WP CLI command for querying api tokens eg. wp megaoptim info
• Security Improvements

1.3.2

• Add detection to skip corrupted/unoptimized files in some unique cases of environments
• Force HTTP 1.1 for now because of problems with some web servers.

1.3.1

• Fix svn problem

1.3.0

• Added Support for the Unlimited plan
• Added Support for sub accounts
• Revamped media library optimizer
• Revamped nextgen library optimizer
• Revamped retina support & WP Retina @2x integration
• Improved optimization speed by at least 50%
• Improved WebP support
• Improved Settings pages
• Improved WPEngine compatibility
• Fixed Cloudflare purge compatibility
• Fixed problem when auto-optimizing nextgen gallery images
• Improved stats display when optimizing single attachment in Media Library table
• Added detection for the child theme folder in ‘Local Folders’ optimizer
• Fixed several typos

1.2.1

• Improved Admin pages
• Improved WebP support

1.2.0

• Added WebP Support
• Removed MegaOptim from main menu and added the settings part in “Settings” and the optimizer in “Media” tabs.
• Improved settings data persistence
• Improved security
• Improved Admin UI
• Fixed PHP Strict Standards warning
• Fixed saving max dimensions value
• Revamped database upgrade process