Image Compresion

  • Hello,

    I have a couple of questions about image compression…

    First, how do I install ImageMagick on Ubuntu?

    Does the plugin compresses the original image, or only the thumbnails?

    Thank you!

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  • Plugin Contributor Optimality

    (@optimality)

    Hi Clayton,

    To install ImageMagick run the following commands:

    > sudo apt-get install imagemagick
    > sudo apt-get install php-imagick

    If you run PHP as FPM service, then the last step is:
    > sudo service php7.0-fpm restart

    The first command will install ImageMagick itself. The second will install the PHP extension. The last command restarts the PHP service.

    The plugin doesn’t modify the original image for 2 reasons:

    1. The original image is rarely downloaded during normal HTTP session. It is the thumbnails that are downloaded often.

    2. We assume that you’ll compress the original image anyway (for example using Photoshop), so there is no point in further compression.

    Cheers,

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