EWWW Image Optimizer

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8.1.4

Release Date – May 15, 2025

• added: customize lossy PDF compression by defining EWWW_IMAGE_OPTIMIZER_PDF_IMAGE_DPI and/or EWWW_IMAGE_OPTIMIZER_PDF_IMAGE_QUALITY
• fixed: WebP thumbnails have incorrect orientation when created from the original unoptimized image

8.1.3

Release Date – March 26, 2025

• added: exclude private BuddyBoss media from Easy IO with page:buddyboss exclusion
• changed: WebP Only mode no longer requires Force Re-optimize for already optimized images
• fixed: Easy IO rewriting some URLs when full page exclusions are used
• fixed: WebP rewriters alter PNG URLs when PNG to WebP conversion is unavailable
• fixed: regression in compatibility with plugins that recreate images via WP_Image_Editor
• fixed: previous fix to avoid translation notices caused errors with other plugins calling background processes earlier than ‘init’

8.1.2

Release Date – March 6, 2025

• changed: WebP Conversion mode configurable for API users
• changed: combine metadata queries for faster async scanning
• changed: Bulk Optimization no longer requires Force Re-optimization to create WebP images for previously optimized images
• fixed: background processes trigger notice from loading translations too early
• fixed: WooCommerce thumb regen still runs when WC sizes are disabled
• fixed: Easy IO fails to refresh CDN domain when site URL has changed
• fixed: Force and WebP Only options not applied when scanning additional folders in async mode
• fixed: PDF and SVG images queued in WebP Only mode

8.1.1

Release Date – February 26, 2025

• changed: added handling of HTTP errors to processes on Tools page
• changed: added nonce-renewal for long-running processes on Tools page
• changed: improved output for WebP Cleanup tool and Delete Converted Originals tool
• fixed: queue table upgrade fails to add ‘id’ column

8.1.0

Release Date – February 18, 2025

• added: Preserve Originals option to keep pre-scaled images for WebP and thumbnail generation
• added: ability for 3rd party plugins to hook into Lazy Load and WebP HTML parsers
• changed: ImageMagick is default WebP conversion method on supported servers
• changed: improved performance of custom *_option functions on multisite
• changed: Max Image Dimensions always override WP big_image threshold
• changed: local image backups not removed on plugin deactivation
• fixed: Sharpen Images not applied to new WebP Conversion process
• fixed: WebP Quality not applied to ImageMagick WebP Conversion for thumbnails
• fixed: WebP resizing overrides custom crop set by Crop Thumbnails
• fixed: pre-scaled original cannot be found if attachment metadata is incomplete
• fixed: PHP error in bulk image scanner

8.0.0

Release Date – December 11, 2024

• added: WebP Optimization via API, existing customers may enable it on the Local tab in Ludicrous Mode
• added: improved WebP Conversion quality by using full-size/original source for thumbs
• added: Above the Fold setting for Lazy Load (previously EIO_LAZY_FOLD override)
• added: High-DPI option for Easy IO
• changed: gravatar images excluded from Above the Fold/EIO_LAZY_FOLD counts
• fixed: Picture WebP ignores images with skip-lazy when it should not
• fixed: image records not reset after image restore
• fixed: several PHP warnings from bulk processes
• fixed: paths for thumbs were broken on Windows
• fixed: Easy IO adding images to srcset combined with broken WooCommerce gallery thumbnails causes oversized image sizes to be loaded
• fixed: Easy IO srcset filler using incorrect width for calculations
• fixed: PHP warning during bulk scan

7.9.1

Release Date – October 31, 2024

• changed: bulk optimizer links point to async bulk tool, if available
• fixed: Lazy Load for iframes results in empty src attribute
• fixed: debug actions on bulk optimizer missing nonces
• fixed: bulk optimize scanner queries are too long for some hosts
• fixed: Lazy Load breaks –background CSS variable

7.9.0

Release Date – September 12, 2024

• added: conversion of BMP images to JPG format
• changed: allow folders outside of WordPress install to be optimized via Folders to Optimize
• changed: improve performance of ewwwio_is_file(), props @rmpel
• changed: improve exceeded credit messages for sub-keys
• changed: warn when db connection is not using UTF-8
• changed: ensure all db statements are properly prepared/sanitized
• fixed: bulk async shows start optimizing instead of resume when queues are paused
• fixed: bulk async status refresh does not handle errors properly
• fixed: some strings with i18n had incorrect text domain

7.8.0

Release Date – July 25, 2024

• added: agency mode available by defining EWWWIO_WHITELABEL or using the ewwwio_whitelabel filter
• changed: skip lazy load for LCP images based on fetchpriority when auto-scaling is disabled
• fixed: JS WebP alters img srcset when src is non-WebP but srcset is already WebP
• fixed: Lazy Load and Easy IO fail to decode URLs with HTML-encoded characters, which causes esc_url to break the URL
• fixed: Easy IO fails to update CDN domain if site is re-registered while still active

7.7.0

Release Date – June 6, 2024

• added: improved resizing of paletted PNG images in WP_Image_Editor using pngquant or API
• added: warning when hiding query strings with Hide My WP
• changed: apply async loading to lazyload JS using WP core functionality
• fixed: missing srcset when using JS WebP rewriting
• fixed: multisite deactivate for Easy IO fails nonce verification
• fixed: some strings were missing i18n (props @DAnn2012)

7.6.0

Release Date – April 24, 2024

• added: Easy IO delivery for JS/CSS assets from additional domains
• added: Lazy Load can use dominant color placeholders via Easy IO
• added: ability to filter/parse admin-ajax.php requests via eio_filter_admin_ajax_response filter
• added: Easy IO support for Divi Pixel image masks
• changed: improved smoothing of LQIP for Lazy Load when using Easy IO
• changed: after editing an image in WordPress, optimization results for backup sizes will be hidden from Media Library list mode
• changed: Lazy Load checks for auto-scale exclusions on ancestors of lazyloaded element
• fixed: async bulk interface does not show Start Optimizing when image queue is already visible
• fixed: bulk process appears to have completed after clearing queue
• fixed: storing resize/webp results for new images fails with MySQL strict mode
• fixed: database records not cleaned after thumbs are removed by Force Regenerate Thumbnails
• fixed: JPG to PNG conversion on 8-bit PNGs sometimes uses incorrect black background
• fixed: Help links broken in Firefox’s Strict mode
• fixed: async queue status not properly checked on multi-site

7.5.0

Release Date – March 26, 2024

• added: Easy IO support for upcoming Slider Revolution 7 rendering engine
• added: Easy IO updates existing image preload URLs
• added: Lazy Load automatically excludes preloaded images
• changed: async process locking uses unique key on disk to avoid duplicate processes
• fixed: Easy IO skipping Slider Revolution 6 URLs
• fixed: Lazy Load incorrectly auto-scales fixed group background images
• fixed: uncaught errors when attempting svgcleaner install on FreeBSD
• fixed: optimized images list links to WebP thumbnail for all sizes
• fixed: optimized images list shows wrong thumbnail for non-media library images
• fixed: quirks with new bulk interface and optimized images list
• updated: cwebp to version 1.3.2
• updated: gifsicle to version 1.95
• updated: optipng to version 0.7.8

7.4.0

Release Date – March 6, 2024

• added: async bulk optimizer on settings page
• added: store WebP results/errors for display in Media Library, and in optimization table/results
• added: ability to view pending/queued images, remove images from queue, and sort queue by original image size
• fixed: restoring images from optimization table
• fixed: attempting to install x64 binaries on arm64 servers

Earlier versions

Please refer to the separate changelog.txt file.