Title: PDF Optimization
Last modified: May 18, 2021

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# PDF Optimization

 *  Resolved [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/)
 * (@lestexas60)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-optimization/)
 * The instructions say you can optimize a PDF but when I try this, it says This
   media lacks the required metadata and cannot be optimized.
    Am I missing something?

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 *  Plugin Author [WP Media](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp_media/)
 * (@wp_media)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-optimization/#post-14454221)
 * Hi [@lestexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/)!
 * This is Joseph from Imagify, and I’ll gladly assist you here!
 * I’m really sorry you’re having issues with this!
 * It’s possible that something may not have registered properly in your database
   when you uploaded the PDF file to your Media Library. Would you be able to try
   downloading the PDF and then re-uploading it to your Media Library to see if 
   that allows optimization to work for it?
 * Best regards,
    Joseph
 *  Thread Starter [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/)
 * (@lestexas60)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-optimization/#post-14454258)
 * I have tried this with a couple PDF’s . One was 4 megs and 1 was 1.2 megs. I’m
   on the most recent WP and Elementor and Pro.
 *  Thread Starter [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/)
 * (@lestexas60)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-optimization/#post-14454271)
 * Would you have an example of a PDF that should work that I can use as a test?
 *  Plugin Author [WP Media](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp_media/)
 * (@wp_media)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-optimization/#post-14456024)
 * Hey,
 * You can search for “Sample PDF files” on Google, for example there are few on
   [this page](https://www.learningcontainer.com/sample-pdf-files-for-testing/).
 * If these are not private files, you can send it to us so we could check on our
   end, although in most of the cases it works, just to be 100% sure.
 * Best Regards
    Marko
 *  Thread Starter [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/)
 * (@lestexas60)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-optimization/#post-14458412)
 * Same error with the sample PDF. This media lacks the required metadata and cannot
   be optimized.
    I suppose may be some kind of conflict.
 *  Plugin Author [WP Media](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp_media/)
 * (@wp_media)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-optimization/#post-14459985)
 * Hi [@lestexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/),
 * Sorry to hear that the sample PDFs are having the same results!
 * You may be right, there could be some kind of conflict or setting causing the
   issue, it is hard to say for sure.
 * If you’d like, you can open a support ticket with us at [https://imagify.io/contact](https://imagify.io/contact)
   including a link to this public forum post and we might be able to investigate
   this in more depth for you.
 * Best regards,
    Joseph

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