[Support request] Best photo compression & gallery

[CRISTO]

This is a two part question:

My site is about 700 pages and most pages will have anywhere from 2-6 jpg images.

1. What is the best compression plug-in to use so that I don’t slow everything down?

2. What photo gallery plug-in works best with GP?

Thanks everyone

[Leo]

Hi Cristo,

1. Did a bit of research and here is what I find:
This one has the most active installs with lots of reviews: https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/
These two doesn’t have nearly as many active installs but good reviews:
https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/shortpixel-image-optimiser/
https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/kraken-image-optimizer/

2. I would recommend using the native WordPress galleries:
https://codex.wordpress.org/The_WordPress_Gallery

Hope this helps!

[CRISTO]

Thanks, Leo. I already had wp-smushit, just wanted to be sure it was the best choice, so you have confirmed it.

I had heard that envira gallery was good, but I will check out the native WordPress galleries.

I am trying to make everything as simple as possible…the KISS method.

[Leo]

You’re welcome 🙂

Generally I find the reviews on WordPress pretty reliable but there might also be some sneaky good ones out there.

WordPress galleries is definitely the simplest way to go – no plugin required!

[CRISTO]

I will check it out. Somewhere I thought I had read earlier that Tom said most gallery plug-ins are poorly coded, slow, boated, etc, so I want to be sure I pick a good one. If you think the WP gallery is Ok then I will probably go with them.

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