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Image Ninja makes your website faster by turning the images you upload into smaller, modern WebP or AVIF files. No coding, no extra steps: upload your images as usual and Image Ninja does the rest.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Images are usually the heaviest part of a web page. WebP and AVIF look the same as JPEG and PNG but are much smaller, so your pages load faster, especially on phones and slow connections. Faster pages also help with search rankings (Core Web Vitals).<\/p>\n\n Because the image is converted at upload, it works with every theme and page builder, and there is nothing to set up on your server.<\/p>\n\n This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later license.<\/p>\n\n\n The other settings have recommended defaults, so you do not need to change them.<\/p>\n\n\n No. Only images you upload after choosing a format are converted. Images already in your Media Library are not changed.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. The uploaded image itself is saved as WebP or AVIF, so WordPress, your theme and page builders such as Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Bricks, Breakdance, Oxygen and WPBakery use it like any other image. There is nothing to configure.<\/p><\/dd>\n Not by default: the converted image replaces the upload, which saves disk space. To keep them, go to Open the image in the Media Library to see the reason, or switch to list view and check the Image Ninja<\/strong> column. Usually the converted image would have been bigger than the original, which happens with some small icons and simple graphics, so the original was kept. Images uploaded before you installed Image Ninja, or while conversion was switched off, are shown as \"Not processed\".<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, by default. Photos from phones and many cameras contain the exact place where they were taken, and anyone who downloads the image from your website can read it. Image Ninja removes the location from converted images, from kept originals, and from JPEG photos that are not converted, without changing how they look. Camera details, copyright and colour profiles are kept. You can switch this off under Photo location<\/strong> in Not when your server has ImageMagick (the PHP \"Imagick\" extension), which most hosting providers offer. Image Ninja then keeps the colour profile, so photos from professional cameras (Adobe RGB, Display P3) look exactly the same. If your server only has the basic GD library, colour profiles cannot be kept, and colours in some professional photos may look slightly less vivid. Everyday photos from phones are not noticeably affected. 80 (the default) is a good balance for most websites, and 70 gives smaller files. Higher numbers mean sharper images but bigger files. Settings above 85 rarely look better, and can make a converted photo bigger than the original JPEG. When that happens and \"Only convert an image if it gets smaller\" is on, the JPEG is kept.<\/p><\/dd>\n JPEG and PNG images uploaded through the Media Library, the block editor, the classic editor and page builders. Transparent PNGs keep their transparency. GIF, SVG and images that are already WebP or AVIF are left as they are. Images that other plugins import from a web address are not converted.<\/p><\/dd>\nHow it works<\/h4>\n\n
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Settings > Media<\/code>. WebP is recommended.<\/li>\nFeatures<\/h4>\n\n
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Which format should I choose?<\/h4>\n\n
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Plugins > Add New<\/code>, search for \"Image Ninja\", then click Install Now<\/strong> and Activate<\/strong>.<\/li>\nSettings > Media<\/code> and scroll down to Image Ninja: WebP & AVIF Conversion<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n
Does Image Ninja convert the images already in my Media Library?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Will my pages, theme and page builder show the converted images?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Are my original JPEG and PNG files kept?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Settings > Media<\/code> and tick Also keep a copy of the original JPEG or PNG<\/strong> under Original files<\/strong>. Each original is then saved next to its converted image (for example photo.jpg<\/code> next to photo.webp<\/code>), linked in the image details in the Media Library, and deleted when you delete the image. This applies to images uploaded after you switch it on.<\/p><\/dd>\nWhy is one of my images still a JPEG or PNG?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Is location (GPS) data removed from photos?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Settings > Media<\/code>.<\/p><\/dd>\nWill the colours of my photos change?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Settings > Media<\/code> shows which library your server has.<\/p><\/dd>\nWhich image quality should I use?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Which images are converted?<\/h3><\/dt>\n