Would be very useful if this plugin got an option to only apply sharpen to thumbnails or the registred sizes with add_image_size function.

I just don’t wanna the original image touched, only thumbnail/registred size.

The plugin should update attachment metadata after performing its job, because currently it says, for example, that the image has 6 MB (the value of the original image) while the real size on the server is 2.5 MB (the value after plugin’s job).
It’s very confusing.

Thank you!

Hello.

Wanted to make you aware of something odd with your plugin.

Overnight on 3 of our sites PHP logged fatal errors with Better images.

• No server or site updates were performed at this time
• No changes to the site occurred during this time

I have had to deactivate the plugin to prevent the fatal errors from affecting the websites.

The 3 error are as follows (if you need the stack trace too, just LMK).

thrown in /chroot/home/a6487e66/bdb6c0c77f.nxcli.io/html/wp-content/plugins/better-images/better-images.php on line 632 [05-Mar-2024 07:46:38 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ImagickException: no decode delegate for this image format `PAM’ @ error/constitute.c/ReadImage/616 in /chroot/home/a6487e66/bdb6c0c77f.nxcli.io/html/wp-content/plugins/better-images/better-images.php:632</p> <p class=””>[05-Mar-2024 03:52:13 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ImagickException: no decode delegate for this image format `JPEG’ @ error/constitute.c/ReadImage/581 in /chroot/home/aa2d5efa/38d2470e29.nxcli.io/html/wp-content/plugins/better-images/better-images.php:632

[05-Mar-2024 14:56:56 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ImagickException: no decode delegate for this image format `PNG’ @ error/constitute.c/ReadImage/581 in /chroot/home/acd3e294/97f68d9fdd.nxcli.net/html/wp-content/plugins/better-images/better-images.php:632

Do you have any idea what would be the cause of this and how to fix it?

In case anyone else has wondered why acf-json files might be suddenly stored in different filenames:

If the the plugin is activated together with the advanced custom fields plugin, it’s interfering with acf’s local json filenames (if the theme is using this feature).

The file name for acf’s local json files is using underscores e.g. “group_{fieldkey}.json”. With better images activated, the format changes to “group-{fieldkey}.json”.

This causes some unwanted side effects (the .json file might be created twice, instead of being overwritten) that can prevent changes in field groups being shown in the backend.

Hi, I love this plugin – great work and thank you so much.

I noticed if I go up to PHP 8 or above I get this error.

��The server cannot process the image. This can happen if the server is busy or does not have enough resources to complete the task. Uploading a smaller image may help. Suggested maximum size is 2560 pixels.��

I have never had this problem before – only after updating to PHP 8. When I downgrade to PHP 7.4.1 it works. When I disable the plugin on PHP 8 it also works. Hopefully that is enough information for you guys.

Thank you so much.

You mention that you add 768 height to medium_large. It appears that this is preventing the removal of that size (with code). We will never use 768×768. How do we disable this in your plugin?

BTW… excellent job. This is the best image “handler” we’ve used… love it!

Hi, is it possible to disable the “duplicate image” function?

Find-tuning is available for compression, but is there also a way to adjust the level of sharpening?

I love this plugin for what it does, and it does it very well. Unfortunately, when activated, I am unable to upload anything other than images. If I deactivate the plugin, I can upload anything, but of course I want to keep the plugin activated for what I does so well.

Is there a tweak I can make to the code that will allow me to keep the plugin activated and allow me to upload documents other than images?

Notes:
I am using the latest WordPress version as of this post, 6.0.1, multisite. The upload problem occurs regardless of whether I have the plugin activated for the network or activated for the site I am uploading files to. My website is currently under development using Xampp running on Windows.

Hello, the complement works badly, instead of compressing the weight of the images, what it does is duplicate it, don’t I understand why you double it?

If I upload a 100K image, what I get is a size of 160kb.

THIS IS NORMAL?

• This topic was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by Lenin Zapata.

Hi, is it possible to disable all functions of your plugin except the function to remove EXIF data?
I mean with a php function.
I always have problems (for months) when I upload more media for the galleries, and I have to solve the problem.
Thank you

Hi, I have this problem:
it often happens to me that when I upload some images, I see the message:
��Name of my image.jpg�� has failed to upload.
The file you are trying to upload already exists.

This message is an error. Because that file, with that name, has never been loaded previously.

In fact, despite seeing that error, the image is successfully uploaded to the media.

So I upload the image, I get the error, but the media is still uploaded, so I have to look for it in the latest uploaded media.

Here are some sample screenshots
Upload error:
https://i.ibb.co/jyZqrBq/err1.png

Media library:
https://i.ibb.co/QNvwVWN/err2.png

Searching for that filename in the media (never uploaded previously):
https://i.ibb.co/m04CSZ6/err3.png

This error appears to appear when multiple images are loaded at the same time. But I’m not sure about this.

I await support.
Thank you

Hi, I’m having some problems with “Checks if the image already exist to avoid duplicates.”.
It appears to recognize some files with the same name, but they are different media.
It is impossible that those files have already been uploaded to my site, because it also happened with recent photos of a match played a few minutes before.
Can I disable this feature?
My media archive is large, and this feature is causing me problems.
Thanks for support

Hi, I have a problem.
When I upload media in gif format it is modified by your plugin.
Disabling your plugin solves the problem.
Can you fix it?
Here is the gif file first:
https://i.ibb.co/F0bmjb0/provabanngif3.gif

Here is the gif file after:
https://i.ibb.co/wBLyCZK/provabanngif2error.gif

Thank you!

Hi, here are my ideas for your plugin:
– Resize of uploaded images, with maximum width and height (different resize if uploaded in post/page or on average).
– Prevent the upload of some images if the width or height is too low.
Adding watermarks.
– The ability to disable the feature that detects duplicate media.

These are just my recommendations. You are free not to consider them.
Hello

• This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by marcorroma.

Hi, I have installed your plugin to remove exif data from media. Fantastic plugin!

I have only one problem:
every day I publish an image similar to the previous day, it is a table with updated data on the covid.
Your plugin tells me that the file already exists, which prevents it from loading on my site.
How can I solve? Can I disable this feature?

I have tried to disable every setting of your plugin, but I always get the same error.
Only if I deactivate your plugin, I fix the problem.
I await support.

Thanks for your work

I was having an issue WP resizing some very sharp images that made them slightly blurry in the process. I switched from GD to Imagick on the server and installed this plugin. I then used the WP CLI to regenerate featured image thumbnails. Some of the images that were appearing blurry before were looking nice and crisp but others became severely distorted. See screenshots below.

Before installing plugin:

View post on imgur.com

After installing plugin:

View post on imgur.com

Here is a successful side by side comparison. The left image is after being resized with with Better, the right image is standard WP:

View post on imgur.com

Luckily I was able to restore a backup but I’m hoping to get this working properly. Please advise.

Hi there!

Great plugin, which I’m glad I found via the BeaverBuilder FB Group.

I’m having problems if I delete an image from the media library, and then upload a new file with the same name. The plugin is blocking the new upload and I get an error message that the image already exists, even though it has been deleted. Deactivate the plugin and there is no problem uploading.

Hi,

Do you have an option to optimize images after uploading? Preferably as a bulk optimization tool. At the moment I’m using Imsanity, but it’s keeping the original image on the server since WP 5.3 and I have clients that uploaded large images that need to be optimized to free up disk space.

Thanks,
Jos Klever
Web Support

Hi!
I appreciate awesome compression results, but feel lack of setting max width and max height (usually we need wider images).
It would be great to see these options in future update. How do you think?

Hi,

I just realized something.

I have some .png with a transparent background. Of course I don’t want to convert them to a .jpg. Then I lose the transparency.

My idea: With a switch I want to make images unselectable for the process already during upload.

Another solution would be a kind of restore. A single image can be restored afterwards.
[ ] Only compress
[ ] Size adjustment only
[ ] Do not convert

Regards,
Medienhusky

• This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by Ralf.

Hello,

why do you use the imagemagick library and not the gd library?

I’ve heard that imagemagick has been known to have security holes several times.

https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-1749/Imagemagick.html

The last weakness of DG is from 2007
https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-2678/Gd-Graphics-Library.html

Some german hosters don’t have imagemagick on their servers anymore because of this.

Hint: Maybe you think about abstracting the commands. It would make the plugin more successful.

Hi,
I would think it would be great if webp and svg were also supported. .svg only in compression.

• This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by netoldie.

It would be nice if you did not have to remove all your images and reupload them so that they could be resized.

Also, what does it do to previously resized images done by Optimole or SMush or others?