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• Will backup images be stored on my own server?

  Yes, the backup is stored on your own server. You can choose to have the backup active (recommended) or not: you can find the setting on Settings > ShortPixel > General. However, as long as you keep

• I cannot empty the backups folder, what solutions do I have?

  There are generally two possible reasons why you cannot empty ShortPixel Image Optimizer's backup folder: The backed up files do not have the correct permissions and/or ownership. This can happen

• Where is the backup folder located? Can I remove it?

  Your original images are saved in a backup folder located on your server. The path is /wp-content/uploads/ShortpixelBackups/. To access that backup and download your original images, you can use an

• How do I restore my original images?

  Both our WordPress Image Optimization plugin and our image optimization tools allow you to backup your files. ShortPixel Image Optimizer allows you to restore them either individually or in bulk from

• Error "Could not create backup. Please check file permissions"

  When you optimize an image with ShortPixel Image Optimizer, you may receive the message "Could not create backup. Please check file permissions". There are two possible causes for this issue.

• How to remove the backed up images on WordPress?

  To remove the original files saved by ShortPixel Image Optimizer when optimizing the images of your website, go to Settings > ShortPixel > Tools, and at the bottom of this tab you will find a "Remove

• Does SPAI use a backup mechanism?

  ShortPixel Adaptive Images (SPAI), as opposed to ShortPixel Image Optimizer (SPIO), does not touch the original images on the website where it is installed. This means that in order to "restore" all

• Enable Media Replace is removing the original files!

  Enable Media Replace was designed to easily replace your media files, since this is a functionality that is very demanded. If you notice that your original files are removed when the image is

• Is it possible to change the default backups folder?

  The default backups folder of ShortPixel Image Optimizer is located on wp-content/uploads/ShortpixelBackups/. Unfortunately, at the moment it is not possible to change this default folder, neither

• Settings - Image backup

  It is mandatory to have a backup of your images in case you want to restore or reoptimize them using a different compression method. That's why we highly recommend you enable this option. In order to

• How can I restore or reoptimize some of my images?

  If you notice that some of your images are pixelated or blurry, then you can go to your Media Library, switch to List View, and look for the image(s) that look bad. On the right side of the image row

• Why can't the plugin overwrite a file or create a backup? What are the necessary permissions?

  The Unix systems (this includes Linux in all its flavors and distributions) have permissions and ownership for each file (read more here). We have often seen that when a website is moved from one

• Is the backups folder created on my server going to affect my bandwidth usage?

  The backup folder (located on /wp-content/uploads/ShortpixelBackups) should not affect your bandwidth. We recommend our clients keeping the originals in case they will need to re-optimize or restore

• Actions and filters of ShortPixel Image Optimizer

  ShortPixel Image Optimiser calls the following actions and filters. Increase WebP drop margin ShortPixel has a 5% margin between a JPG/PNG file and the resulting WebP/AVIF versions of the same file.

• Remove all the ShortPixel related data on a WordPress website

  Version 5 If you have used ShortPixel Image Optimizer on your website and want to remove all the data associated with it, you need to do the following: (Optional) Only if you want to restore your

• HEIC (Apple images) support in ShortPixel Image Optimizer

  As of version 5.2.0, ShortPixel Image Optimizer (SPIO) fully supports HEIC image files. These files are used on iOS devices based on the High-Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF). By default, these

• Can I optimize the existing images on my Media Library?

  ShortPixel Image Optimizer allows you to optimize both your existing and newly uploaded images. Besides that, you don't need to replace anything yourself; our plugin will replace the old images with

• Error "Internal Server Error"

  Limitation of resources This type of error usually occurs with websites hosted on shared hosting solutions. Such hostings usually have a certain number of CPU threads that can run in parallel, and

• What happens to my original images?

  When using ShortPixel Image Optimizer, your original images are physically replaced with their optimized versions. If you leave the backup option active, then the original files will be saved in a

• I want to move my heavy site to a new hosting provider with maximum size limit. By how much can ShortPixel shrink my files?

  We cannot say exactly how much the images will be reduced. The compression depends on the quality and size of the originals. If the original images were already compressed, the reduction might be

• The ShortPixel column in the Media Library explained

  The ShortPixel column in the Media Library and the ShortPixel widget in the image editing window display useful information about the optimization status of your images. Let us look at some

• SPIO 5 tells me to convert/migrate legacy data, what is this?

  ShortPixel Image Optimizer (SPIO) version 5 and above has a new way of storing the optimization information that prevents other plugins from removing it accidentally (which in most cases results in

• ShortPixel Adaptive Images vs. ShortPixel Image Optimizer

  In this article ShortPixel Image Optimizer (SPIO) ShortPixel Adaptive Images (SPAI) Can I use both plugins? Do I still need ShortPixel Image Optimizer (SPIO) if I installed ShortPixel Adaptive Images

• How does ShortPixel Image Optimizer work?

  Our lightweight plugin sends your images to our Image Optimization Cloud, where they are compressed and optimized and then returned to your website. Here's step by step how ShortPixel Image Optimizer

• When I try to install your plugin, I get a 500 error. How can I solve it?

  The 500 Internal Server Error is a very general HTTP status code that means something has gone wrong on the website's server, but the server could not be more specific on what the exact problem is.

• Can ShortPixel automatically resize new image uploads?

  Yes, ShortPixel allows you to resize the images when uploading them. This means that you can upload an image of any size; ShortPixel Image Optimizer will take care of resizing it. To do that, it's as

• I optimized already all the images but then I realized that I didn't select the option to generate WebP or AVIF, what can I do?

  ShortPixel Image Optimizer (SPIO) can only generate WebP or AVIF files from your images during the optimization process. The setting that controls this can be found at Settings > ShortPixel >

• reGenerate Thumbnails Advanced Pro settings guide

  reGenerate Thumbnails Advanced Pro (RTA Pro) comes in handy when you install a new WordPress theme on your site that has different thumbnail sizes.While the newly uploaded images are cropped and

• ShortPixel Image Optimizer vs. Autoptimize's "Optimize images" option

  Do I still need ShortPixel Image Optimizer (SPIO) if I installed Autoptimize and enabled its "Optimize images" option? Should I deactivate SPIO? Which one is better? These are some of the questions

• My website seems to be slower, could this be because of ShortPixel Image Optimizer?

  ShortPixel Image Optimizer (SPIO) was designed to use as few resources as possible and only be run when users with certain roles are logged in. This means that when someone is visiting your website

• WP-CLI support for ShortPixel Image Optimizer

  Starting with ShortPixel Image Optimizer (SPIO) version 5, we introduced support for WP-CLI for various operations that the plugin performs. If you have not used WP-CLI before, please read this Quick

• How to migrate correctly to ShortPixel Image Optimizer

  If you have been using another image optimization plugin before installing ShortPixel Image Optimizer (SPIO) you need to follow a few steps. These change, though, depending on what you're looking

• Optimizing large sites with WP-CLI

  Important: This article assumes that you are familiar with WP-CLI and have read our documentation on ShortPixel and its commands for WP-CLI. By default, ShortPixel Image Optimizer (SPIO) performs

• Why are my images recompressed?

  There are situations when the images that were previously compressed appear as unoptimized and they are processed again by ShortPixel Image Optimizer. This happens when our image optimization data on