Why Should I and How Do I Optimize Images, Including for WordPress? (2025/439)

🛡️ Is your website slow? Your images might be the problem! Learn how to optimize images for speed, SEO, and better user experience—without losing quality.

📌 In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ Why image optimization matters—faster load times, better SEO, and lower storage costs.

✅ The best online tools to compress images without sacrificing quality:

For PNG / JPG:🔹 https://tinypng.com – Best for PNG & JPEG compression.🔹 https://squoosh.app – Allows quality adjustment.🔹 http://jpeg-optimizer.com – Simple JPEG compression.
For Animated GIFs:🔹 https://ezgif.com/optimize – Best for reducing GIF size.🔹 https://compressor.io/compress/gif – Drag-and-drop compression.✅ Recommended image sizes for web use.✅ How to optimize images in WordPress using Smush and Smush Pro.

🔗 Get Smush & Smush Pro here: https://askcharlyleetham.com/likes/wpmudev

🚀 Optimize your images today and speed up your website!

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