{"id":851,"date":"2024-05-07T11:44:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T11:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/docs\/what-happens-to-my-original-images\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T08:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T08:41:50","password":"","slug":"what-happens-to-my-original-images","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/what-happens-to-my-original-images\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens to my original images?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When using <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/shortpixel-image-optimiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ShortPixel Image Optimizer<\/a>, your original images are physically replaced with their optimized versions. If you leave the <a href=\"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/will-backup-images-be-stored-on-our-own-server\/\" rel=\"noopener\">backup option<\/a> active, the original files will be saved in a separate folder so you can easily <a href=\"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/can-i-restore-my-images-what-happens-with-the-originals\/\" rel=\"noopener\">restore them<\/a> if required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When using <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/shortpixel-adaptive-images\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ShortPixel Adaptive Images<\/a>, your original images remain untouched, because the plugin works on-the-fly: <a href=\"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/how-shortpixel-adaptive-images-work\/\" rel=\"noopener\">How does ShortPixel Adaptive Images work?<br><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When using ShortPixel Image Optimizer, your original images are physically replaced with their optimized versions. If you leave the backup option active, the original files will be saved in a separate folder so you can easily restore them if required. When using ShortPixel Adaptive Images, your original images remain untouched, because the plugin works on-the-fly: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[35,37],"glossaries":[],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-851","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-shortpixel-adaptive-images","doc_category-shortpixel-image-optimizer"],"blocksy_meta":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":61,"total_views":"713","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin_mdli53m5","author_url":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/author\/admin_mdli53m5\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"ShortPixel Adaptive Images","term_url":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/knowledge-base\/category\/shortpixel-adaptive-images\/"},{"term_name":"ShortPixel Image Optimizer","term_url":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/knowledge-base\/category\/shortpixel-image-optimizer\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1500,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/851\/revisions\/1500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=851"},{"taxonomy":"glossaries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossaries?post=851"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}