Good looking high resolution images makes your blog post standout and attracts more readers, that’s great. But do you know every single kilobyte increase in image size affects loading speed of your site.
If you check your website’s loading time using service like pingdom tools you will find how much your site gets affected by every single kilobyte added because of images.
We have been using TinyPNG to compress PNG images for Indexwp and other sites because TinyPNG is by far the best performing service to compress PNG files which gives maximum output.
Recently geckodesigns published a new plugin which will allow user to compress PNG files using the TinyPNG API within WordPress, that saves a lot of time because files will be automatically compressed.
Compress PNG Files Within WordPress
Compress PNG for WP allows users to shrink PNG files using the TinyPNG API. Files can be automatically resized when uploaded as well as manually resized in the Media Library.
How to use Compress PNG Files Plugin
After installation of Compress PNG Files plugin follow the steps below to compress PNG files.
- Visit ‘Settings > Media’ from the admin dashboard.
- Insert your TinyPNG API key and save changes. If you do not yet have a key, get one from TinyPNG.
- Start uploading PNG files and they will be automatically resized (if you have chosen to allow auto shrinking on upload in the ‘Settings > Media’ page).
- Visit ‘Media > Library’ to see information on your resized files or to manually resize existing PNG files.
FAQs Answered about Compress PNG Files Plugin
After uploading a PNG file or manually shrinking, I get an error saying Unauthorized: Credentials are invalid. What is wrong?
Make sure to enter in your API key obtained from TinyPNG into the correct text box in the ‘Settings > Media’ page. If you do not remember your key, you can get it by entering in your email in the ‘Already Subscribed’ box on the TinyPNG Developers page and following the link in the email sent to you.
Why do I get an error message stating that I have ‘Too Many Requests’?
Each plan with TinyPNG has a limit of monthly requests. For example the free plan only allows 500 requests per month. If you would like to see how many requests you have made or even upgrade your plan, enter in your email in the ‘Already Subscribed’ box on the TinyPNG Developers page. Follow the link in the email that you receive to see your API subscription page.
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