WordPress Plugin Of The Week: WP Smush

No one likes slow websites.

We’re all too busy rushing around with our lives; we don’t have time to waste waiting for a web page to load bit by bit. There’s really no excuse for having a slow website nowadays and ultimately it’s a sure-fire way to make people leave your site (darn it).

Luckily WP Smush (our plugin of the week) is a quick fix to reducing the size of the image files on your site to speed up your site’s performance.

In a nut shell

To put it simply, WP Smush removes all the unnecessary information from your image files, making them smaller, without reducing the quality. The smaller image files result in faster loading speeds for your web pages and a better experience for your users. (It’s also great for SEO – wicked!)

Go Pro?

Whilst the free version is pretty awesome; WP Smush Pro adds some game changing features that are too good to ignore:

• Bulk Smush – Yep, squash all those images at once.
• 2x the power – Get double the squashing power with pro.
• Squash up to 32mb – the free version limits you to 1mb.
• Back it up – Keep all of your un-Smushed images safe just incase you need to restore later.
• Wicked support – WP Smush Pro offers support 24/7.

Whether you opt to go free or go pro, WP Smush is a truly awesome plugin that will speed up your site and improve your SEO with minimal effort on your behalf – all you really have to do is install it! No one likes waiting, so don’t bog your images down with unnecessary junk, Smush it!

To find out more and download WP Smush click here.