{"id":1255,"date":"2017-01-05T09:21:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T09:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shortpixel.com/blog\/?p=1255"},"modified":"2023-12-20T13:40:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:40:06","slug":"how-to-optimize-your-wordpress-themes-and-plugins-with-shortpixel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-your-wordpress-themes-and-plugins-with-shortpixel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to optimize images in WordPress themes and plugins with ShortPixel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You already know that website speed has a tremendous influence on your SEO strategy, but one less known fact is that you can optimize images in WordPress themes and plugins also with ShortPixel, not only the images and thumbnails from the Media Library.<\/p>\n<p>Think for a moment, what images are displayed most often on your website? Usually not the images featured in your most popular articles, but the graphics included in your WordPress theme. They are shown on every page of your site. Reducing the size of these images can give your website a speed boost, and better results in Google Insights tests. Of course, the improvement depends on the theme you use. A heavy graphics theme would benefit more than a minimal one.<a name=\"example\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Optimizing images in your WordPress theme with ShortPixel is a simple process:<\/p>\n<p>1. The first step is to navigate to the ShortPixel settings menu, and click on <em>Advanced<\/em> tab.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1268 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/shortpixel.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/adv-theme-optimization-1.png\" alt=\"Image Optimization WP themes\" width=\"753\" height=\"229\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/adv-theme-optimization-1.png 753w, https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/adv-theme-optimization-1-300x91.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. Then click on the <em>Select<\/em> button, and choose the folder where your theme is installed. Or you can select the WordPress <em>themes<\/em> folder if you want to optimize the images from all your themes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1271\" src=\"https:\/\/shortpixel.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sel-theme-optimization-1-185x300.png\" alt=\"Select WordPress theme\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sel-theme-optimization-1-185x300.png 185w, https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sel-theme-optimization-1.png 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After you located and selected the theme folder, click on<em> Add folder<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1260 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/shortpixel.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/4-how-optimize-wpthemes-e1482430924557.png\" alt=\"Stop Optimizing WP theme\" width=\"881\" height=\"156\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/4-how-optimize-wpthemes-e1482430924557.png 881w, https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/4-how-optimize-wpthemes-e1482430924557-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/4-how-optimize-wpthemes-e1482430924557-768x136.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The theme folder is now accessible for ShortPixel image optimization process.<\/p>\n<p>In case you mistakenly choose a wrong folder then you can click on\u00a0<em>Stop optimizing <\/em>to\u00a0 exclude the folder from optimization.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1270 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/shortpixel.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/folder-theme-optimization-1-2border.png\" alt=\"Theme images optimization\" width=\"737\" height=\"158\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/folder-theme-optimization-1-2border.png 737w, https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/folder-theme-optimization-1-2border-300x64.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 The optimization status for each image in the theme folder can be seen in the <em>Other Media<\/em> list, under the Media menu.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1262 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/shortpixel.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/6-how-optimize-wpthemes.png\" alt=\"Other media Gallery\" width=\"727\" height=\"511\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/6-how-optimize-wpthemes.png 727w, https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/6-how-optimize-wpthemes-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All we did was to make the theme folder accessible to ShortPixel from <em>Settings &gt; Advanced<\/em>. You can optimize any of your WP theme and plugins&#8217; images in the same way.<\/p>\n<p>For this tutorial, we used Portofolio Gallery by webdorado. It&#8217;s a beautiful theme with a lot of good reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You already know that website speed has a tremendous influence on your SEO strategy, but one less known fact is that you can optimize images in WordPress themes and plugins also with ShortPixel, not only the images and thumbnails from the Media Library. 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