Imagely Documentation

Overview

Convert new JPEG and PNG uploads to WebP, resize oversized photos and set the compression quality, for lighter pages without losing quality.

• WebP uploads
• Photos resized
• No outside service

Best for: Every site with photos

Installation

1. Download imagely-webp-image-optimizer.zip from My account › My plugins or from your order email. Do not unzip it.
2. In WordPress, go to Plugins › Add New Plugin › Upload Plugin, choose the zip and click Install Now, then Activate.

Requires WordPress 6.0+, PHP 7.4+. Works with any theme, block themes and page builders.

Features

• New JPEG uploads saved as WebP
• PNG images too, transparency kept
• Oversized photos resized to your maximum
• Compression quality of your choice
• Camera data and GPS position removed
• Runs on your server: no account, no quota
• Server compatibility check and savings counter

Shortcodes

Paste a shortcode in any page, post, widget or page builder text block.

• [imagely_preview]

Options of each shortcode are described in the Features above and in the plugin settings page.

For developers

Customize the plugin from your theme’s functions.php or a small plugin, without editing its files (your changes survive updates).

Filters

• imagely_active
• imagely_convert
• imagely_sanitize

add_filter( 'imagely_active', function ( $value ) {
	// Change $value here.
	return $value;
}, 10, 1 );

Actions

• imagely_admin_after_form
• imagely_admin_before_form
• imagely_admin_form_end

Updates

Updates are free. When a new version is out, it appears in Dashboard › Updates of your WordPress site and you can install it in one click, or turn on automatic updates in Plugins. This works for the zip downloaded from your Woo-Plugins account; older copies can be replaced by downloading the latest version from My plugins. See the changelog.

Frequently asked questions