Paywalled previously free features
By Luke Williamson on September 1, 2024
It seems odd that the developers decided to put the free features behind a paywall. Especially when it's using our own server resources to store and regenerate these images. I understand devs need a way to support their projects but this was the wrong approach.
For anyone reading this, roll back to version 2.4.0 to restore the previously free features.
It was a nice plugin and I wouldn't mind supporting the devs in another form in the future if the opportunity arises.
Hit & Miss Results - Doesn't Regenerate All Thumb
By opfoxtuck on August 29, 2024
This regularly doesn't work when you trying to regenerate individual images. Lots of wasted time re-uploading and checking the images over and over.
Unfortunate
By gothamcitychris on June 26, 2024
As someone else had stated, there is nothing new about the Pro version. It's literally just paying for all the previous features we used to get for free.
They made it useless
By japanoholic on June 24, 2024
Just like every other good plugin the developers decided to make it useless by making EVERYTHING pro. Thats the best recipe for bad costumer reviews
Works for me (PRO)
By lausianne on April 4, 2024
Fortunately I got the pro version in my Shortpixel subscription. I have not compared it with the free versrion. But pro has been working very well for me. Also, support has been friendly, quick and helpful.
complete disaster
By vlad4x on April 2, 2024
It was a normal and useful plugin. Now it is completely useless. Hopefully I had a backup and kept the old version 2.4.1 that works.
Paid plugin now don't bother
By Artfuldodger (gregg.watson) on April 2, 2024
After the last update, looks like the greedy bastards took away some of most needed features and now you have to pay for it. Plenty of other plugins that do this for free. WTF is Shortpixel thinking?
Used to be a good plugin
By Andrew (antrikos) on March 27, 2024
So all of the sudden they converted the plugin to premium and claim "You will find exciting features in the PRO version".
Well, there is nothing new, there are all the typical features converted to PRO version.
I would really consider buy the PRO version if you added some PRO features in addition to the already free features, but convert the existing features and renaming them as "PRO" is sad.
They have torpedoed this plugin
By whistlerdan on March 2, 2024
I'm a paid Shortpixel subscriber for their image optimization plugin. The regenerate thumbnail plugin was a useful companion plugin, but now they have removed many basic features from the free version and moved them into a "Pro" version for $50/year. I'm sorry, but this is a joke! What were they thinking? I get that there are development costs, but surely this plugin was always just a way to gather customers for the paid image optimization plugins?
Why would I pay this when other plugins do the same things for free?
I feel like, at a minimum, there should have been some combined license so that people who are already paying Shortpixel can still get these features. What attracted me to Shortpixel and caused me to leave Imagify was the ecosystem of useful plugins. Image optimizer, thumbnail regenerate, replace media, etc. Everything played nicely together. Now I'll lose that. Annoying users who never paid them is one thing, but it seems short-sighted to annoy users who are already paying them. It doesn't make me excited to keep paying them.
Should I expect them to start charging for Enable Replace Media plugin soon, too?
Extremely frustrated.
Was a good plugin, disappointed.
By thomastaihei on February 29, 2024
They moved some basic and needed functions to the Paid Zone now.