Sometimes though, the quality of the image is paramount. So in my case, I want to compress the H*&^ out of my images to get them as small as possible without looking horrible. My image use revolves around supporting my words in a visually attractive way that make people remember the post/page/product. None of those purposes require high quality images. For example, my site is primarily a blog/portfolio/product site. Different Image Optimization Scenariosīefore I jump into this knock-down, drag out showdown I need to highlight that different websites will have different image compression needs. I’m really happy to write this comparison article in order to highlight a couple methods now that do image optimization really well so we can finally have our cake and eat it too when it comes to image optimization. Next I delved into automation options and highlighted why at that time they were not quite as beneficial as optimizing by hand. My first article on this, talked about the science behind it and how to do it for free. Until now, my recommendation to anyone serious about page speed has been to optimize their images manually.

I have a short series of articles (of which this is now the fourth) talking about different ways to optimize your WordPress website. I’ve long been an advocate of optimizing images for better site performance. TinyPNG, EThe results really depend more on what your needs are (as always!).

Ewww vs tinypng benchmark