#SMUSH IMAGE COMPRESS HOW TO#

You will then see a message stating “ Lazy loading is active.” This means that it is running with the default settings. Scroll down to the Lazy Load section and click the Activate button if it isn’t already enabled.

In your WordPress Dashboard, click Smush then Lazy Load.

Click the Save Changes button after modifying your bulk smash settings.

You can then scroll down and adjust the default settings as needed.

You can then scroll down to the Settings section and modify your image compression options as needed.

Click the Smush then Bulk Smush link in your WordPress Dashboard.

It will then check your site to determine what images need optimized and compressed.

On the last page select if you want to Allow usage data tracking then click the Finish Setup Wizard button.

Choose if you want to Enable Lazy Loading then click the Next button.

Select if you want to Strip my image metadata then click Next.

Choose if you want to Enable enhanced multi-pass lossy compression is enabled then click Next.

On the next screen, select if you want to Automatically optimize new uploads then click the Next button.

You will then see a setup wizard pop-up, click the Begin Setup button.

Click the Smush link in your main Dashboard menu.

Since we are using the free version, it can only bulk process 50 at a time, so this may take several tries to complete.

#SMUSH IMAGE COMPRESS HOW TO#

Now that you have installed the Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images plugin, we will show you how to use it to optimize and compress images on your WordPress site. Setup Smush to Optimize & Compress Images

Smush image compress