Is this a plugin or a paid service

Hi, Cagatay,

In order to get adaptive resizing you must use ShortPixel Adaptive Images. It is the plugin itself who determines what image size the user needs.

To make use of ShortPixel Adaptive Images, you need to purchase some credits from ShortPixel. Here’s some more information:
https://help.shortpixel.com/article/132-how-shortpixel-adaptive-images-work
https://help.shortpixel.com/article/460-spai-new-how-are-the-credits-counted

I hope that helps!

Hello @sixaxis In order to make the plugin work, we must purchase credits right?
Plus, the images are served from your CDN.

From what I understand, without CDN and without credit purchase, this plugin don’t do anything at all. If so, why is it in WordPress plugin repository?

Cagatay, there is a free plan that gives you access to 100 credits (500 MB of CDN traffic) ??

https://shortpixel.com/pricing

Then the plugin does nothing in terms of adapting images. It’s the CDN service that makes the magic happen and the “adapting” cannot be done without using the CDN. You’re basically selling a CDN service lol.

Cagatay,

We offer a plugin that works on the fly: every time the page is loaded, the plugin checks what image sizes need to be loaded, and then we optimize them, store them in our CDN and serve them to your clients. It’s the plugin that makes the magic happen, not the CDN. We are not selling a CDN service, we are offering a plugin that will make you forget about all image-related issues on your website: resizing, optimizing and fast-serving. In fact, you can even use your own CDN with the plugin, no need to use the default CDN.

And as I mentioned, you can use this plugin for free or you can purchase some credits to get more CDN traffic. Your choice.

I recommend you to have a careful look at our documentation, where you will find all the answers:

• https://help.shortpixel.com/article/132-how-shortpixel-adaptive-images-work
• https://help.shortpixel.com/article/180-can-i-use-a-different-cdn-with-shortpixel-adaptive-images
• https://help.shortpixel.com/article/460-spai-new-how-are-the-credits-counted
• https://help.shortpixel.com/article/216-why-is-spai-good-for-seo

Have a good one!

Does the “adaptive image” feature work without using CDN? Yes or No please.

Cagatay,

It’s not that you can use the plugin without a CDN. The plugin will always use a CDN to deliver the optimized images, and you can choose what CDN to use.

In any case, even though the question is irrelevant because of that, the answer would be no. ??

Best,