Smush Pro – Image Optimization for WordPress 3.18.1
Optimize unlimited images with Smush Pro
Get Smush Pro and bulk optimize every image you’ve ever added to your site with one-click and fix your Google PageSpeed with the best image optimizer WordPress has ever known. You’ll get:
- Super Smush – 2x compression
- Backup original images
- Optimize huge photos up to 32MB
- Smush unlimited images with a click
- Blazing fast 45 point image CDN
- Automatic resize and scale
Smush Pro is a premium WordPress plugin developed by WPMU DEV for advanced image optimization, compression, and lazy loading. It’s an essential tool for improving your site’s performance, loading speed, and SEO by reducing image sizes without sacrificing visual quality.
🌟 Key Features of Smush Pro:
- Lossless and Lossy Compression
- Compresses images without a visible loss in quality (lossless) or with higher compression (lossy) for better savings.
- WebP Conversion
- Converts images to WebP, a modern format that loads faster and is supported by most browsers.
- Bulk Optimization
- Optimize unlimited images at once (free version limits this to 50 at a time).
- Automatic Optimization on Upload
- Images are automatically optimized as soon as you upload them to the Media Library.
- Lazy Loading
- Speeds up page load by only loading images when they enter the viewport.
- Resize and Scale Images
- Automatically resizes large images to fit specified dimensions and reduce page weight.
- CDN Integration (Smush CDN)
- Serves images via a global Content Delivery Network, reducing server load and improving delivery speed.
- Directory Smush
- Optimize images stored outside the WordPress media library, like theme or plugin folders.
- Image Backup
- Stores original images so you can restore them if needed after compression.
- Multisite Support
- Fully compatible with WordPress Multisite installations.
🛠 Use Cases:
- eCommerce stores with hundreds/thousands of product images (e.g., WooCommerce)
- Photography portfolios or media-heavy blogs
- News and magazine sites with frequent image uploads
- Multi-vendor marketplaces (like those built with REHub)
🧩 Alternatives:
- ShortPixel
- EWWW Image Optimizer
- Imagify
Would you like help integrating Smush Pro into your REHub-powered marketplace, or comparing it to another image optimization plugin?