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

 *  Resolved [wordmax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordmax/)
 * (@wordmax)
 * [2 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-if-we-want-to-reduce-the-size-of-uploads-storage-space-used-by-the-site/)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mateuszgbiorczyk/)
 * (@mateuszgbiorczyk)
 * [2 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-if-we-want-to-reduce-the-size-of-uploads-storage-space-used-by-the-site/#post-18863990)
 * Hi [@wordmax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordmax/)
 * (@wordmax)
 * [2 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-if-we-want-to-reduce-the-size-of-uploads-storage-space-used-by-the-site/#post-18864204)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mateuszgbiorczyk/)
 * (@mateuszgbiorczyk)
 * [1 week, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-if-we-want-to-reduce-the-size-of-uploads-storage-space-used-by-the-site/#post-18870692)
 * Unfortunately, I cannot recommend anything to you in this matter.

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 * Last reply from: [Mateusz Gbiorczyk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mateuszgbiorczyk/)
 * Last activity: [1 week, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-if-we-want-to-reduce-the-size-of-uploads-storage-space-used-by-the-site/#post-18870692)
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