Pload – Smart Image Optimizer & WebP

Beschreibung

Most image optimizers try to convert the whole library as fast as possible. On shared hosting that ends in timeouts, memory errors or a host warning about CPU usage. Pload takes the slow road: it first tests what your server can handle, then converts a few hundred images every minute and stays inside those limits. A library of 200,000 images simply takes a couple of days instead of crashing.

Your original files are never changed. Pload writes a WebP copy next to each JPEG and PNG (photo.jpg gets photo.jpg.webp) and keeps it only if it is really smaller.

What it does

• Tests the server before starting: which image engine works (Imagick or GD), how much memory and time a step may use, and how much disk space the WebP files will need.
• Converts in short background steps through WP-Cron. If WP-Cron is off or blocked, site visits, an open admin page, a server cron job or a free online cron service can drive the steps instead.
• Handles new uploads first, then works through the library, newest images first.
• Shows WebP to browsers that support it with a tag. No .htaccess rules, so it works on Apache, Nginx and LiteSpeed, and with page caches.
• Works with theme lazy loading (WoodMart and similar themes that keep the real address in data-src).
• Optional compatibility mode for images that page builders print without the WordPress image functions.
• Pauses by itself when disk space runs low. On cPanel it reads the real account quota, not the size of the whole server disk.
• Three quality levels, or your own number, and an option to rebuild existing WebP files after a change.
• Exclusions by image, by page address or by CSS class.
• „Optimize now“ and a WebP column in the media library.
• One click removes every WebP file again, a little at a time, before you delete the plugin.

Privacy

Everything happens on your own server. Pload does not send images or any other data anywhere and needs no account or API key.