alexpena

for example like just now I was able to compress a few of my latest images posted using WP Smush.it , it only failed once. I guess that’s why I haven’t uninstalled the plugin since sometimes it works. So it is still useful.

I just have to disable it once I’m done compressing them so it doesn’t fail when my users are uploading images, plus I don’t like it when they have to wait long for it to compress.

Well, that’s what I believe. WP Smush.it plugin is not created by Yahoo, the developer just used it’s API so I doubt Yahoo has anything to say about it, it’s more experimental than anything. Compressing it on smushit.com will work even thou sometimes i notice it a bit slow, but it works even thou that’s not what we want to do.

CW Image Optimizer is suppose to be a better solution since works on your own server instead of using an API to Yahoo’s Smushit especially when dealing with images, which would make it even faster, the downside is that you have to install littleutils image optimization tools (works only on linux servers) and if you’re using a share server they might not allow you to install it. I tried to install it on Hostgator’s shared server and it didn’t let me. So I might have to wait until I upgrade to their VPS Hosting in order to use it unless I find another solution. If you have a VPS or Dedicated server then I don’t think you should have a problem installing it.

For now I just try to avoid uploading PNG files since it slows down the site, so if I ever have to upload PNG I save it to JPG before I upload. And when ever I have time I turn on the WP Smush.it to see if I can compress a few JPGs, lately I get errors but sometimes it works, big headache.

But I am trying to stay away from WP Smush.it plugin

I think it has to do with the Yahoo servers providing the service when doing the HTTP request. Nothing to do with the plugin besides connecting to the server. You will notice that when the problem occurs that smushit.com is also super slow. And lately it’s been going really slow, it happens to me all the time. Sometimes I’m able to keep the plugin on, but turned off when it’s slow. I try not to use the plugin since I have a frontend user page that allows users to upload and it slows it down too much, so I’m hoping I can find a plugin I can buy that does all the compression right on my server instead of using the Smush.it. Last week the service was running good but I turned it off as soon it started to mess up, I tested it just a few minutes ago and its still a bit slow so sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.