Title: Compression of Thumbnails?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Compression of Thumbnails?

 *  Resolved [TFolder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tfolder/)
 * (@tfolder)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimizing-thumbs/)
 * Is it even possible?
 * Is there any way to compress thumbnails? Images are optimized with Smush.it on
   upload, but their thumbnails can all be compressed by 80%. I use Hot Topix theme.
   I run page speed tests and get A’s on everything, but an F on image compression;
   all the images that FAIL are thumbnails generated by the theme.
 * Thanks for any help, ideas, etc.!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/)

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 *  [David](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ugotsta/)
 * (@ugotsta)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimizing-thumbs/#post-5197469)
 * Hi [@tfolder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tfolder/),
 * Greetings and thanks for your question! The plugin can smush images from the 
   media library but I’m afraid it wouldn’t work apart from that.
 * So long as the theme uses standard WP functionality for the thumbnails though,
   it should work. If it’s using a custom method, I’m afraid the plugin wouldn’t
   be able to smush the images.
 * Cheers,
    David
 *  [David](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ugotsta/)
 * (@ugotsta)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optimizing-thumbs/#post-5197472)
 * Hey there [@tfolder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tfolder/),
 * Sorry I didn’t mention this previously, but he developers are actually working
   on a really cool update for this plugin that will allow for quite a lot more 
   flexibility.
 * Once that’s out, I’m sure we could have a look at other possibilities, like being
   able to compress other images apart from the media library.
 * Sorry if that’s not possible right now but hope that helps to clarify.
 * Please feel free to ask if you have any questions. We’re happy to help. 🙂
 * Cheers,
    David

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