Title: Cannot save compressed image
Last modified: November 25, 2020

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# Cannot save compressed image

 *  [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukefiretoss/)
 * (@lukefiretoss)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-compressed-image/)
 * Running into this error on a dev site to test.
    `Cannot save compressed image.
   Please try again!` Also, image sizes are not showing in the CompressWP menu in
   wp-admin.

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 *  Thread Starter [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukefiretoss/)
 * (@lukefiretoss)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-compressed-image/#post-13710781)
 * The other error showing was
    `Server error (1001). Please try again!`
 *  Plugin Author [compresswp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/compresswp/)
 * (@compresswp)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-compressed-image/#post-13718194)
 * Hey Luke,
 * Thanks for testing the plugin!
 * The “Cannot save compressed image” error has now been fixed. It was due to misconfiguration
   in one of our US compression servers, which was automatically chosen as the closest
   one to you.
 * Is it possible that you are running a previous version of WordPress? That might
   be the cause of the icon not showing.
 * Please let me know if the compression now works for you.
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukefiretoss/)
 * (@lukefiretoss)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-compressed-image/#post-13718908)
 * [@compresswp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/compresswp/)
 * The issue is happening on both WordPress 5.5.3 and 5.6 RC1.
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukefiretoss/).
      Reason: clarify wording
 *  Thread Starter [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukefiretoss/)
 * (@lukefiretoss)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-compressed-image/#post-13732511)
 * [@compresswp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/compresswp/)
 * Any update on the issue?
 *  Plugin Author [compresswp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/compresswp/)
 * (@compresswp)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-compressed-image/#post-13915703)
 * [@lukefiretoss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukefiretoss/)
 * Just to clarify, is it possible that your web server is not accessible from outside?
   To compress an image, our servers first have to download the image from your 
   server. The first error “Cannot save compressed image. Please try again!” can
   also trigger when your web server has some restrictions, such as not being able
   to use file_put_contents() function. Our plugin needs this to replace the image.
 *  Thread Starter [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukefiretoss/)
 * (@lukefiretoss)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-compressed-image/#post-13975974)
 * [@compresswp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/compresswp/)
 * The web server is accessible from the outside. I have tested the plugin on two
   different dev sites on two different hosts and the same issue is happening.

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/compresswp-optimize-and-compress-
   jpeg-and-png-images_707984.svg)
 * [CompressWP - optimize and compress JPEG and PNG images](https://wordpress.org/plugins/compresswp-optimize-and-compress-jpeg-and-png-images/)
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## Tags

 * [image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/image/)
 * [optimization](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/optimization/)

 * 6 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukefiretoss/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-compressed-image/#post-13975974)
 * Status: not resolved