=== ImageRecycle pdf & image compression === Contributors: ImageRecycle Tags: image compression, image optimization, image compress, image resizer, image resizer, image reduce, image compressor, image compression, media, image, pdf, optimize, compression, compress, resize, reduce, lossless, lossy, optimization, photo, picture, seo, image recycle Requires at least: 3.5.1 Tested up to: 4.4.2 Stable tag: 2.0.3 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html ImageRecycle pdf & image compression. Make your WordPress website load faster by using an automatic image and pdf optimization. == Description == **ImageRecycle is an automatic Image and PDF content optimizer for WordPress website.** Your customers are waiting for your pages to load, it can takes long, especially on mobile devices. Even content is served in seconds by a fast server, slow connection can make your users leaving. People are impatient in front a slow loading website, that's the result of all studies; 4 second loading causing 24% of visitors to leave (Source statistica.com.). Image and PDF optimization is more efficient than any other optimization tool. Images can represent from 60% to 80% of a page weight, so an optimization can accelerate your page loading by x3 or more. ### WordPress image optimization It's highly important in WordPress to make an image optimization because when you upload an image, 4 images are generated and stored on your server: a thumbnail, medium, large and original sized images. Even more, some plugin can add their own image size for specific layouts like WooCommerce. All those images can be used in various conditions, it's easy but heavy to load. Image optimization with ImageRecycle plugin is automatic and reduce your page weight by up to 80%. This is highly recommended for SEO and high traffic websites. More case studies available here: https://www.imagerecycle.com/case-studies Plus, our WordPress plugin is fully using the WordPress framework to be as easy and fast as possible. ### We reduce image and pdf, not quality The jpg, png, gif optimization algorithm is capable of reducing the image size by up to 85% (5x +), while the resulting photos are visually identical to the originals. We believe that image and pdf compression is a matter preserving the quality then reduce the size. Reducing the image and pdf size can be done using a massive compression of data and result a worsened quality. We detect already compressed media and return original files. ### WooCommerce and third party plugin compatible The plugin is highly configurable and you can choose media from any folder on your server. So it will work with all third party plugins including WooCommerce. Plus, you can of course optimize media from other folders (multiple site, other CMS...) **Test full service for free during 15 days.** **Main features:** - Compress automatically new images & pdf - Compress automatically existing images & pdf - Launch a full image optimization process in background and get notified by Email when it's done - Determine whitch folder to optimize or not - 1 month all original media backup and one click restore - Image resizing - Define an optimization quality per media type (jpg, png, gif, pdf) > Lossy/Lossless/No compression - Define a min and max size to optimize - Optimize png, jpg, gif - Filter your optimized / non optimized media by status, date, file name **More details here, Image Recycle:** https://www.imagerecycle.com/cms/wordpress = How to optimize images with WordPress plugin: = [vimeo https://vimeo.com/137127106] = Video presentation: = [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ux1kJU0I8] == Installation == = To install the automatically: = * Through WordPress admin, use the menu: Plugin > Add new * Search for ImageRecycle * Click on install then click activate link = To install the plugin manually: = * Download and unzip the plugin imagerecycle-pdf-image-compression.zip * Upload the /imagerecycle-pdf-image-compression directory to /wp-content/plugins/ * Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress = Quick start for media optimization = * Go in the menu Settings > ImageRecycle * If you don't have an account, click on create new account and get a free 15 days trial * If you have an account than enter API and secret key * Configure the image optimization options if needed * New images and PDF are automatically optimized after upload in background * Existing media can be optimized using the menu Media > ImageRecycle == Frequently Asked Questions == = What is the pdf image optimization process, where are going my media? = The plugin will send your media on our cloud optimizer, then replace the original image with the optimized image. Our server is a dedicated high speed server that host the optimization algorythm. Like some others plugin we don't do any optimization process on YOUR server, it would be either not very effiscient or it would slow down a lot your server. = Do I have a backup of my image and PDF? = Yes, we keep a backup of your original files during one month on a dedicated storage server. You can revert your original files in one click during this month. Like some others plugin we don't use YOUR server to do backup, it slow down your website and charge your server with unnecessary media. = Should I select best saving or original quality to optimize my media? = It depends on the compression you need. Best saving has a better compression level than lossless compression. The resulting image is not 100% identical with the original even if most of the time it's not visible. Globally use Best saving for a final usage of your image and Original quality if you've planned to make treatment later on images (with Photoshop for example). = I don't want to optimize all my media or not at the same quality = You can exclude some media from optimization with a server folder exclusion. Plus, each media optimization has a setting of quality of compression. * JPG image optimization: Best saving (lossy), Original quality (lossless), No compression * PNG image optimization: Best saving (lossy), Original quality (lossless), No compression * GIF image optimization: Best saving (lossy), Original quality (lossless), No compression * PDF image optimization: Best saving (lossy), Original quality (lossless), No compression = Can I test the service? = Yes, there a trial version during 15 days for 100MB of media optimization available. Just register an account from the plugin after install and start image optimization. = Can I use the service on multiple site? = It's possible of course and there's a special tool for that. To make image optimization you got a main account with a key and secret. From the website you can create free and unlimited sub accounts with, if you want, a limited quota. Or you can just use your main account key and secret on all your website, it's up to you :) = Why do I need an API key? = ImageRecycle Image and PDF Optimizer uses advanced algorithm to optimize images. The algorithm is hosted on a high speed dedicated server. The API key and secret is like a login that control that you are allowed to use this server. = Where do I get my API key? = To get your API key, just create a free account from the plugin (key is added automatically) or create one from www.imagerecycle.com. After a key and secret are added image optimization can start and available quota is displayed in Setting > ImageRecycle menu = Are my images safe? = Yes, privacy is a priority. The ImageRecycle server encryption doesn't allow anyone to access your media. = Will ImageRecycle optimization work if my website is using a CDN (like CloudFare or Maxxcdn)? = Yes, the pdf & image optimization will be done without interfering with the CDN. = Will ImageRecycle optimization work with WordPress cache plugins? = Sure, and it's even recommended to use one to speed up even more your WordPress install! == Screenshots == 1. ImageRecycle jpg image compression, before/after 1. Media optimization dashboard automatic optimization and one click restore 1. Credentials, folder to optimize, image resizing and optimization file size 1. Optimization setting per media type 1. Existing media single or bulk optimization, automatic for new media 1. Select folder to include/exclude from optimization process == Changelog == = 2.0.3 : = * Content multi select don't work after ordering images with column titles = 2.0.2 : = * Fix new images not optimized on some configurations = 2.0.1 : = * Use curl instead of file_get_contents when possible = 2.0.0 : = * Launch full media optimization process in background * Email notification when notification is done * New image and PDF filtering system by: All media / Optimized / Non Optimized * AJAX media ordering in admin: Filename, Size, Status after optimization, Status before optimization * Add a search engine for media * Add a bulk action to revert optimized images and PDF to original * Display the quota consumption of optimized content works with both main account and sub accounts * Switch to new API version, drastic image optimization speed improvement (+50%) = 1.1.2 : = * Fix some default settings for optimized media and plugin = 1.1.1 : = * Add quick api key and secret selection for already created accounts = 1.1.0 : = * Add quick account creation from the plugin * Enhanced returned error messages from API (if optimization error occurs) * Fix default folder value not set = 1.0.4 : = * Fix folder conflict with wp-media-folder ( http://www.joomunited.com/wordpress-products/wp-media-folder ) * Fix warning on image optimization settings = 1.0.3 : = * Add folder tree to include folders from optimization = 1.0.2 : = * Add text presentation of ImageRecycle, image and PDF optimization = 1.0.1 : = * Fix bulk optimization stuck on some servers (siteground) = 1.0.0 : = * Initial release of ImageRecycle, image and PDF optimization == Upgrade Notice == **Uninstall old version, re-install the new version** == Requirements == = Compression technical details = **The jpg optimization** tool is capable of reducing the file size of standard JPEG photos by up to 85% (5x +), while the resulting photos are visually identical to the original photos. The script on the server is making a full analysis of: * Colors radius sizes * Textures * Patterns **For .png and gif images optimization**, it's quite different, we use several methods. * Quantization * Choosing a better pre-compression filter * Deflate compression algorithm enhancement **We also offer a PDF compression** specifically optimized for web-based publication. The quality for reading a PDF on the web will be close to the original. Depending of the tool and the quality setting used to generate the PDF, you can expect from 10% to 95%. Exceptional compression results can be applied on PDF exported for print using Adobe Indesign for example. Optimizations are: * Image optimization * Colors resolution reduction for grayscale, bi-tonal images and indexed images * Color conversion * Subsetting of fonts * Removal of embedded standard fonts * Removal redundant objects * Remove alternative images * Remove metadata * Resize image at exact size Once the script detect some elements that can be optimized it runs the optimization on image zone that are mostly invisible to human eye. We also eliminate non-standard elements added by some image software such as photoshop or Gimp. This process is completelly lossy and can be reverted.