{"id":1444,"date":"2017-05-04T12:05:20","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T12:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shortpixel.com/blog\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2017-08-01T13:43:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T13:43:18","slug":"optimize-images-outside-media-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/optimize-images-outside-media-library\/","title":{"rendered":"How to optimize images that are not in Media Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

A usual WordPress installation has all media files stored in Media Library, and that’s where our image optimization plugin looks first<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 But there is not such thing as usual WordPress installation, and we all know some cases when images <\/span><\/span>are stored<\/span><\/span> in other places than Media Library<\/span><\/span>. In this short article, we will show you how to compress those images too, using ShortPixel image optimization plugin<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

We took some beautiful images from Unsplash<\/a> and put them in a custom folder called extra<\/em>. <\/span>These images are not visible in Media Library, they are not <\/span><\/span>automatically<\/span><\/span> optimized on upload, and they are not accessible to our Bulk processor<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately,\u00a0 you could tell ShortPixel<\/a> to look for images in other folders than Media Library. For this, you need to go to Settings \/ ShortPixel<\/em>, and click on Advanced<\/em> tab.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Additional<\/span><\/p>\n

Additional<\/span><\/em> media folders<\/em> field will do the trick. Click Select<\/em> button and choose your folder with images. In our example,\u00a0 it is the extra<\/em> folder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Navigate<\/p>\n

\"Select<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Optimize<\/p>\n

The magic is happening,\u00a0 and your files are being compressed by ShortPixel. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Under the Media<\/em> section from your WordPress dashboard you will notice a new menu item called Other Media.\u00a0<\/em>Click on it and see which images not included in Media Library were optimized by ShortPixel.<\/p>\n

Please note that you need to go to Other Media<\/em> page after you upload new images in your custom folders and click Refresh folders<\/em> button.
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\"Other<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You could use the same ap<\/span><\/span>pr<\/span><\/span>oach for optimizing images in themes or plugins, or images from folders created by image gallery plugins or you could simply use WordPress as image optimization platform. <\/span><\/span>
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Compress files and generate WebP images<\/h4>\n

Please note that you can also choose to have WebP version of the files generated by ShortPixel when optimizing these images in your extra folders.<\/p>\n

The option is in ShortPixel Settings – Advanced section:<\/p>\n

\"WebP<\/p>\n

If you don’t know what WebP files are and why they are good for your site, here are a few references:
\n– Google:\u00a0 A new image format for the Web <\/em><\/a>
\n– WikiPedia: WebP<\/em><\/a>
\n– ShortPixel blog: How WebP images can speed up your (WordPress) site<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

You could find a lot of quality documentations about WebP format, but these links are a good start.<\/p>\n

Install ShortPixel and optimize images outside WP Media Library<\/h4>\n

Now that you know how to compress images which are not stored in your WordPress Media Library, and speed up your site even more, go ahead and install ShortPixel!<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A usual WordPress installation has all media files stored in Media Library, and that’s where our image optimization plugin looks first.\u00a0 But there is not such thing as usual WordPress installation, and we all know some cases when images are stored in other places than Media Library. In this short article, we will show you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-of-wordpress"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2563,"href":"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions\/2563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}