Lately with EWWW Image Optimizer and WP Smush.it becoming subscription services it is harder to find a plugin that can help you compress a relatively small amount of image files and not hit you with a charge every single month. Well there is a plugin called WordPress Image Shrinker which is relatively small with less than 1,000 downloads that directly ties into the TinyJPG service that allows you to compress 500 images per month at no cost, if you need to compress more than that you would simply pay TinyJPG themselves for the additional images, it doesn’t cost anything for the plugin.
To get started you install the WordPress Image Shrinker by HETNetworks, then you would simply click on the Image Shinker icon in your left bar of the dashboard and enter your TinyJPG API Key.
The cool thing about TinyJPG is you can get an account and start your 500 image compression without needing to enter a credit card, you only need to enter a credit card if you exceed the 500 image compresses per month, then it would simply bill you for any overages.
Once you get your TinyJPG API key you enter it in the Image Shrinker settings
Then you simply save changes.
Then you have the option to shrink all previous media in your WordPress media archive. If you have a large and old blog this could be a lot of files, so you can just let it shrink all new images if you think you will instantly hit the 500 image limit for the free service.
WordPress Plugin URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-image-shrinker/
This is an original article from WP Cypher Copyright 2012
