Restore original image compression

Hello @kanten,

If the “Back up all original images” option is enabled, we first create a backup of the original image and save it with “.bak.” prefix before the image extension. For example:

image.jpg -> original image
image.bak.jpg -> backup of the original image

If you wish to restore the original images, you should simply choose:

Media -> Image Compression -> Edit -> Compression Level -> None

You can try to modify your images again with the desired compression level but I would recommend you to check for other activated optimization plugins on your application. In case, you use separate image compression plugins at the same time, this may lead to unexpected results during the optimization process.

Regards,
Vladimir

Hi @kanten,

Once your images are compressed at a high level, they cannot be reverted as the information is already lost. This is why we recommend enabling the backup option, except in the cases where the images are too many as this could take up your disk space.

The backup files are generated under the same folder where the original files are located. Generally, there is no problem to create your own backup as well. You can then delete all images and restore them from your backup.

In your case, if you have backed up the whole uploads/ folder, you can just delete/rename the original one and then upload the backup folder to the server.