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Best photo compression & gallery
4 replies · Started by CRISTO on February 8, 2017
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
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!
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.
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!
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.
