What if we want to reduce the size of uploads (storage space used by the site)

  • Resolved wordmax

    (@wordmax)


    1 week, 4 days ago

    This plugin looks great for optimizing performance, but what if we want to just have webp or avif images as the default image type in the uploads, in order to save server space? Some sites have many posts and many images daily. Even if we disable multiple sizes generated by wp, using original png or jpg images that are 1MB in size tend to add up quickly and require more and more storage space, larger backup files, etc. So it would be nice to completely switch over to just using WEBP OR AVIF as the default image types for the site, not just serving the webp or avif version of the original PNG or JPG to the browser. Any ideas about this?

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  • Plugin Author Mateusz Gbiorczyk

    (@mateuszgbiorczyk)

    1 week, 4 days ago

    Hi @wordmax,

    Thank you for your message.

    Our plugin is not used to optimize the amount of disk space used. The plugin can be used to optimize the weight of images loaded on the website, which makes the website load faster.

    Maybe I’ll tell you how our plugin works?

    When a browser tries to download an image file, the plugin checks if it supports the AVIF format (if enabled in the plugin settings). If so, the browser will receive an equivalent of the original image in the AVIF format. If it does not support AVIF, but supports the WebP format, the browser will receive the equivalent of the original image in WebP format. In case the browser does not support either WebP or AVIF, the original image is loaded. This means full support for all browsers.

    Our plugin does not modify or delete original files. Files converted to WebP and AVIF formats are saved in a separate directory: /wp-content/uploads-webpc/.

    Best,
    Mateusz

    Thread Starter wordmax

    (@wordmax)

    1 week, 4 days ago

    I already completely understand how your plugin works. Can you recommend a plugin that does what I described? If not, not a big deal. Just thought you’d be familiar since you’re an expert in the niche.

    Plugin Author Mateusz Gbiorczyk

    (@mateuszgbiorczyk)

    4 days, 10 hours ago

    Unfortunately, I cannot recommend anything to you in this matter.

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