pirateforhire

I’m having a similar problem. No matter what I set the quality setting to, a 646kb file turns into a 2MB file after trying to apply an image watermark. I’ve tried different formats/sizes for my watermark image and it’s still a problem. It feels as though the quality setting is not being used at all.

I did not have the same experience with a text watermark. That only added a couple kb to my file sizes. Could be a temporary workaround.

Also interesting, is that running a plugin like Smush afterward applying the image watermark to try and reduce the file size didn’t work.

Thanks for the response. I had already done what you recommended (including cache clearing), but repeated the steps again. This time the culprit was revealed.

For anyone else who encounters this issue, the problem appears to have been caused by the WP SVG Icons plugin. Activating/deactivating this plugin now re-enables the section text editing fields.