Introduction

Smush is a WordPress plugin for lazy load images, optimize and compress your images while maintaining the image quality. It will help to improve page speed and performance. You can upload media files in bulk and then edit and optimize images.

This plugin is more helpful to Small Businesses, bloggers, journalists, etc. who want to optimize their website performance on the go. Smush offers a one-click optimized solution for all your uploaded media files without any effort from your end. You don't need any technical knowledge to use this plugin.

Smush has 1+ million active installations and it is developed by WPMU DEV.

Features & Functionality

2x Compression: Smush will compress your images to 2x of the original file size without any drop in visual quality. This means it can achieve a reduction in your page weight anywhere from 20-50% depending on the image type and file size before compression.
Bulk smush unlimited images: This plugin allows you to smush unlimited images at once. It Optimizes your site with a click and keeps smushing images you upload in the future automatically.
Smush Pro CDN: With this feature, you'll be able to serve your images from 45 locations around the world. This will make it easy for every visitor of your site to load fast and rank better on speed tests.
Backup original images: With the option of storing original images, you can always go back and restore full-quality images at any time.
Automatic resize & scale: Smush can automatically resize all images to fit within correct dimensions and make sure the aspect ratio is preserved.
WebP support: Smush supports WebP, it is a new image format from Google that offers superior lossless and lossy compression.
Auto-convert PNG to JPEG: Smush can convert PNG file types to JPEG if needed.
Lazy loading: The lazy load feature will enable Smush to only load the images when they are in view. This means faster loading times and less bandwidth usage, especially for mobile users.