Squeeze Plugin
The Squeeze plugin for WordPress allows you to easily optimize and compress images on your website using the Squoosh.app service.
This plugin uses Squoosh.app compression scripts, allowing you to compress images directly from your WordPress media library or during the image upload process. By compressing your images, you can improve your website\’s performance, reduce bandwidth usage, and enhance the overall user experience.
This is NOT official Squoosh.app plugin. It only uses squoosh.app compression scripts.
Features
- Image Compression: Automatically compresses images in your WordPress media library using Squoosh.app\’s advanced compression algorithms.
- Upload Optimization: Compresses images on-the-fly during the upload process, ensuring optimized images are added to your media library.
- Bulk Compression: Allows you to compress multiple images at once.
- Selective Compression: Choose which images to compress based on your preferences and requirements.
- Custom Compression Settings: Adjust compression parameters such as quality, resizing, and format options to suit your specific needs.
- Restore Option: Provides a restore option to use backup file to restore compressed image to the original image.
Installation
- Download the plugin ZIP file from the WordPress Plugin Directory, or install the plugin via the WordPress plugin installer.
- Extract the ZIP file (if downloaded from WordPress Plugin Directory).
- Upload the plugin folder to the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation.
- Activate the Squeeze plugin from the WordPress plugins dashboard.
Screenshots
Squeeze's Basic Settings
Squeeze's JPEG compression options
Squeeze's PNG compression options
Squeeze's WEBP compression options
Squeeze's AVIF compression options
Squeeze Bulk Compression Page
Squeeze Restore Option
Non-optimised image
Optimised image with Squeeze Plugin
FAQ
The plugin uses Squoosh.app’s compression algorithms and provides you with the ability to compress images in your WordPress media library or during the image upload process.
This plugin uses Squoosh.app compression scripts. The images compressed directly in your browser – means no external server used. Squoosh does all the work locally. So you should not worry about privacy.
Image compression helps improve your website’s performance by reducing the file size of images without significantly impacting their quality. Smaller image files load faster, resulting in faster page load times and a better user experience. Additionally, compressed images consume less bandwidth, which can be beneficial for websites with limited hosting resources or mobile users with limited data plans.
Currently, the Squeeze plugin supports JPG, PNG and WEBP image formats. More formats are about to be added.
Yes, the plugin provides a bulk compression feature. This saves time and effort compared to compressing images individually.
Yes, you can compress images from any folder within your WordPress installation.
Yes, the plugin allows you to customize various compression settings according to your preferences. It supports the same options as Squoosh.app provides.
You can test different options directly on Squoosh.app. For JPG images select MozJPEG encoder, for PNG images choose OxiPNG.
Changelog
1.4.2
- Fixed security issue: check permissions for file upload
1.4.1
- Fixed security issue: Arbitrary File Upload
1.4
- Add AVIF support
1.3
- Add WEBP support
- Update settings page layout with tabs
- Add ability to re-compress images
- Add ability to compress images from custom folder
1.2
- Fix minor bug in Media library
1.1
- Fix PNG compressor
1.0
- First release.