Comprehensive image optimization with WebP, AVIF, Lazy Load, and more. Optimize images automatically for Faste...
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1M+ installs 4.8★ (1,838)
AVIF, WebP, Image Optimization, CDN, Service Worker & Client...
Speed up your website using cutting edge Image Service. Service Worker, Client Hints, WebP, 100% white labeled. NO URL Rewrite required.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.3★ from 9
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 26 Nov 2021
- Added
- Jun 2020
- Requires WP
- 3.0.1
- Tested up to
- WP 5.6.0
- Requires PHP
- 5.4
- Downloads
- 9,514
Our analysis
AI-assistedThis WordPress plugin integrates with a SaaS Image Service to optimise images using Client Hints and a Service Worker. It automatically detects the best image format for users, supporting AVIF and WebP conversions based on browser capabilities.
The plugin is designed for websites that require image optimisation without compromising SEO. It ensures that original image URLs remain intact, preventing loss of SEO value while providing compatibility with various caching and lazy load plugins.
Best for: Websites looking to optimise images while maintaining SEO integrity.
What it does well
- ✓Integrates with a SaaS Image Service
- ✓Supports AVIF and WebP image formats
- ✓Maintains original image URLs for SEO
- ✓Compatible with caching and lazy load plugins
- ✓Provides backup for original images
Where it falls short
- •Requires HTTPS and no existing Service Worker
- •Limited information on performance metrics
- •Directory score indicates potential issues
Verdict
This plugin offers a way to enhance image delivery and performance, but its requirements and directory score suggest careful consideration before use.
From the developer
ImgHaste's own description of AVIF, WebP, Image Optimization, CDN, Service Worker & Client..., lightly tidied.
This WordPress plugin provides integration with our SaaS Image Service
By leveraging the Power of Client Hints.
We’ve chosen to integrate to WordPress via a Service Worker in order to provide best possible compatibility against
Caching plugins (e.g. W3TC, WPSuper Cache, Elementor…) as well as images coming from your CSS files.
This way you won’t have to rewrite your URLS and lose your images SEO juice.
Nor you will get overcharged in case of a BOT crawl your website.
WHAT DOES THIS PLUGIN DO?
This plugin registers a Service Worker, providing Progressive Web App functionalities to your
website in order to intercept your Images in order to automatically detect the best possible Image required by your end user.
Since we are speed monkeys, we need to say that the required javascript
that will load on your page is 708 bytes gzipped. (without a k)
FEATURES OUT OF THE BOX:
- White Label.
- Automatic Integration.
- Removes EXIF information.
- Compatible with Page Builders.
- Effective Connection Type Detection.
- Quality drop on slow 3g or Save Data on.
- Backup your images for Disaster recovery.
- Works with images coming from CSS files.
- Search Engines will grab the origin images.
- Works with images coming from Ajax requests.
- Compatible with Caching / Lazy Load plugins.
- Backup your original image safely in the cloud.
- Automatic AVIF Conversion based on browser support.
- Automatic WebP Conversion based on browser support.
- Progressive JPEGs & Interlaced PNGs as Net Gen fallback.
FULLY WHITE-LABEL
One of the reasons we decided to go with this approach is no other than SEO.
Using Client Hints Combined with Service Worker will get you all the performance benefits
for your end users without the SEO disadvantages that comes with the URL Rewrite.
WHY ITS IMPORTANT NOT TO CHANGE IMAGE URLS
In case you rewrite your image urls into something else all
SEO juice from all image urls goes to the Vendor domain
even if the urls contain a canonical name, they are still searchable using the vendor url.
PREREQUISITES
- Your website runs https only
- Your website doesn’t have a Service Worker already.
IMPORTANT
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