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WP PlugIndex currently records Pload – Smart Image Optimizer & WebP version 1.1.0 as active, updated 3d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Overview
About this plugin
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. 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.
A Pload column in the media library: optimize, apply new settings or exclude an image with one click, and see the saving for every size.
Control the maximum size of new uploads (WordPress keeps the original).
Optional CDN address for the WebP files.
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.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
compress images
image optimization
lazy load
performance
webp
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested with WP 7.1
Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.0 · PHP 7.4
Update activity30 Oct 20263d ago
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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
Version1.0.0→1.1.0
WordPress compatibility7.1.3→7.1.4
Tracking & source
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