Feature Original image (overwritten by compressed image) not working

  • Resolved marcelleteri

    (@marcelleteri)


    2 years, 10 months ago

    Hi there,

    The feature Original image (overwritten by compressed image) is not working properly.
    From my studies and tests I can confirm that the plugin is maybe replacing the scaled version of the image created by WordPress, but not the original image uploaded.

    I have done many tests, and I can confirm that even though I have the option Original image (overwritten by compressed image) active, if I upload a 3.7 MB image it will still be uploaded with full size to my hosting.
    After the upload I see the scaled version in my Media Library and when I click on the image, I see the WordPress popup “Attachment details” where I can see the image details and a link to the original image (with the original size not compressed). During my tests I also used ftp access to confirm that the original images were uploaded without any compression.`

    This is my example:

    Uploaded on: 20 January 2022
    Uploaded by: maestro
    File name: 68-001.032-t-shirt-test-scaled.jpg
    File type: image/jpeg
    File size: 70 KB
    Dimensions: 1418 by 2048 pixels
    Original image: 68-001.032-t-shirt-test.jpg

    I have found these two topics with similar issue, but it seems that you guys are not acknowledging the issue.
    – Here are the prior topics:

    Delete old images when image gets resized

    Resize the original image not work

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Thread Starter marcelleteri

    (@marcelleteri)

    I have also contacted [email protected], and they have replied with a solution that worked for me.

    “Thanks for reaching out!

    WordPress added a feature in 5.3 that automatically creates a “-scaled” version of your images when they have a width or height larger than 2560 pixels. For such images, WordPress will serve the scaled version instead of when it needs to show the original, it will not use the actual original image. This scaled version will be compressed by the plugin if you enable the original to be compressed.

    If you want the original image to be compressed instead of the scaled version, you can disable the scaled image creation by WordPress and have the resizing being done by the plugin. This way you will not have both an optimized scaled version and an unoptimized original version on the server. See for example https://darkog.com/blog/how-to-disable-wordpress-5-3-image-downscaling-feature on how to disable the creation of a -scaled version.”

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