Title: Image Optimisation
Last modified: May 3, 2026

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# Image Optimisation

 *  Resolved [mostlyfoodandtravel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mostlyfoodandtravel/)
 * (@mostlyfoodandtravel)
 * [1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-optimisation-9/)
 * Hi. I want to change host and over the years without realising my disk space 
   is 47GB. My website is simple. I may have many images and I have just reoptimised
   them all with EWWW Image optimiser. I have the WP optimisation on my website 
   too.
 * Do you think the images are being stored twice somewhere? Can i stop WP from 
   optimising the images or does it work with EWWWW.
 * I am stuck and dont know what to do because my site is optimised. It is just 
   the uploads seem to be so much and I dont know if it is something to do with 
   duplication or if i just need to go and delete media?
 * Thanks
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fimage-optimisation-9%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [jbgupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbgupdraft/)
 * (@jbgupdraft)
 * [1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-optimisation-9/#post-18898268)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for contacting us! I think what might be happening (regardless if images
   are optimized with WP-Optimize or another plugin) is that there may be a number
   of extra image sizes registered on the site which could be due to plugins or 
   themes.
 * By default when you upload an image to WordPress, it will automatically create
   additional sizes based on the settings in Settings > Media for Large, Medium 
   and Small images. Other plugins and themes can register additional sizes so when
   a single image is uploaded multiple copies are created at different resolutions
   which can have a big impact on the amount of disk space used by the media library.
 * If you have access to the file system using your hosting provider or an FTP program
   such as FileZilla I recommend opening up one of the media folders to see how 
   many copies of each image are being created just to give you an idea.
 * The free version of WP-Optimize does not include the feature to remove unused
   image sizes but this an option in our premium version which can help reduce the
   space used by the media library. If you have any questions about the premium 
   version you can reach out to us on our website.
 * Thank you!
 *  Plugin Support [vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/)
 * (@vupdraft)
 * [3 weeks, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-optimisation-9/#post-18906273)
 * As we have not heard from you in a while, I a closing this thread.
 * Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any further questions/concerns.

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 * Last reply from: [vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/)
 * Last activity: [3 weeks, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-optimisation-9/#post-18906273)
 * Status: resolved