Classic Addons – WPBakery Page Builder vs Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN

Classic Addons for WPBakery Page Builder is a feature-rich addon bundle that enhances the functionality of the WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer) plugin. This plugin offers over 24+ highly customizable design elements to help you create professional-looking websites easily — no coding required. Whether you’re building landing pages, portfolios, business sites, or personal blogs, these pre-designed blocks help you create interactive and modern layouts quickly. Each element comes with its own customization options to match your website’s style perfectly. More Info / Live Demos ✨ Key Features: Over 24 flexible and modern design elements Option to enable/disable any specific module 100% responsive and mobile-friendly Easy-to-use interface inside WPBakery Page Builder Lightweight and performance-optimized Perfect for freelancers, agencies, and developers You can create beautiful layouts with unlimited combinations of settings and styles. From animated counters to testimonial sliders and interactive banners, Classic Addons gives your website a fresh and professional touch. Demo Previews Here are some live examples of what you can build with Classic Addons: 🧾 Info Box – A simple but versatile content block with icon/image, title, and description. 📊 Info Table – Structured content with optional call-to-action, useful for services or pricing highlights. 🔢 Count Up – Animated counters for stats, achievements, or key numbers. 👥 Testimonial Slider – Multiple slider layouts to showcase client feedback. 🧱 Testimonial Grid – Clean grid layouts for displaying testimonials in masonry grids. 🖼️ Single Image – Enhanced image module with lightbox and linking options. 🖱️ Interactive Banner – Hover-based banners for promotions, categories, or highlights. 🔄 Flip Box – Front/back content blocks with smooth flip animations. 📖 3D Flip Book – Realistic page-flip effect for catalogs, brochures, or documents. 💼 Logo Carousel – Showcase client or partner logos in a responsive carousel. 🧠 Animated Heading – Add motion to headlines with typing, rotating, or animated text. 🖼️ Filterable Portfolio – Display projects or images with category-based filtering and popup. 🎯 Interactive Button – A collection of styled buttons with hover effects and animations. 🛍️ Info Banner – Highlight products, services, or offers with layered content. ⚠️ Alert Box – Dismissible alerts for notices, messages, or updates 📚 Accordion / FAQ – Collapsible panels, great for FAQs. Multiple styles, keyboard-friendly, customizable colors and icons. 🗂️ Tabs – Horizontal or vertical tabs with 5 styles, optional icons, auto-rotate, and keyboard navigation. 📊 Progress Bar – Animated skill/progress bars with gradients, stripes, and scroll-triggered animation. 👥 Team Member Profile – Team profile cards with social icons, hover effects, and multiple layout styles. Who is this for? Freelancers building client websites with WPBakery Agencies needing consistent, reusable components Developers who want cleaner UI elements without building everything from scratch Site owners who want more control over layout and presentation Installation and Usage Install and activate the WPBakery Page Builder plugin (required). Install and activate the Classic Addons plugin. Once activated, the new addons will be available in the WPBakery interface. Drag and drop any addon onto your page and customize its settings easily. Upgrade Your Page Builder Today Bring your WPBakery layouts to life with eye-catching visuals, interactive UI elements, and smooth animations — all without writing a single line of code. Download Classic Addons now and start building better websites today!

Compress images, optimize images, and enable image lazy load automatically with the powerful Smush image optimizer to keep your WordPress site fast, without losing quality. Smush makes it easy to optimize images, compress images, and deliver images faster across your entire WordPress site. This all-in-one image optimizer automatically reduces image file sizes, enables image lazy load, and serves modern formats like WebP and AVIF, all without breaking image quality or adding extra work. Whether you’re running a blog, store, or portfolio, Smush helps you optimize images at scale and keep your site fast with a trusted WordPress image optimizer. Trusted by 1+ Million Sites | 4.8/5 Star Rating Get everything you need to optimize images and speed up your site. Smush works out of the box with no complicated setup – just install and let it handle the rest. Compress images without losing quality Reduce image file size automatically while keeping your images sharp and clear. Smush is an easy-to-use image optimizer which let’s you compress images using both lossless and lossy compression, giving you the best balance of quality and performance without extra work. You can also compress images outside the media library using Directory Smush, making it easy to optimize images stored in theme folders, plugins, or other directories on your server. Lazy load images for faster pages Enable image lazy load across your site so images load only when needed. This image optimizer improves initial page speed and creates a smoother experience for visitors without extra configuration. Serve WebP and AVIF images automatically (PRO) Convert images to WebP and AVIF and serve them automatically to supported browsers. Smush helps you optimize images using next-gen formats to reduce file size and improve load times across your WordPress site. Deliver images faster with an Image CDN (PRO) Serve images through a global image CDN to reduce latency and improve load times for visitors around the world. 119 global CDN servers Up to 500 GB of bandwidth Faster image delivery based on visitor location Improved performance for image-heavy and high-traffic sites Automatically resize and fix image dimensions (PRO) Eliminate common PageSpeed warnings and improve layout stability with automatic image sizing. Smush dynamically resizes images to perfectly fit their containers, regardless of original size, helping fix the “Properly size images” warning in Google PageSpeed Insights. It also automatically adds missing width and height attributes to your images, improving rendering speed and reducing layout shifts. This helps you meet the “Ensure images have explicit width and height” recommendation without any manual work. Optimize your entire site, automatically Smush works across your whole site as a powerful image optimizer to optimize images as you upload them and maintain performance over time without manual work. Optimize images automatically on upload Compress images in bulk or individually Works with your existing media library No need to re-upload images Enable image lazy load across your site Convert images to WebP and AVIF Deliver images with an integrated image CDN Automatically resize and serve correctly sized images Optimize images outside the media library with Directory Smush Built for performance Smush improves page speed and overall performance by reducing image weight and improving how images are delivered. Reduce page load times Improve user experience Better performance for image-heavy pages Supports image lazy load and preload images (PRO) for faster perceived performance Works with your existing setup Smush is built to work with your current WordPress setup, including popular themes, page builders, and plugins. Compatible with Gutenberg, Elementor, WPBakery, and more Works with WooCommerce stores No need to change your workflow Easy to enable and configure Designed to be simple You don’t need to be a performance expert to optimize images with Smush image optimizer. Works out of the box Simple settings when you need them No technical knowledge required Safe to use on any site Why choose Smush? There are plenty of image optimization plugins, but Smush focuses on making it easy to optimize images, compress images, and improve performance without complexity. As a leading WordPress image optimizer, Smush gives you powerful optimization tools without the technical hassle. Trusted by over 1 million WordPress users Built specifically for WordPress Regular updates and improvements Backed by the WPMU DEV team Get started in minutes Install Smush, activate it, and start to compress images, optimize images, and enable image lazy load right away. This easy-to-use image optimizer helps most sites see improvements immediately without changing how they upload or manage images. About Us WPMU DEV is a premium supplier of quality WordPress plugins, services and support. Learn more here: https://wpmudev.com/ Don’t forget to stay up to date on everything WordPress from the Internet’s number one resource: WPMU DEV Blog Hey, one more thing… we hope you enjoy our free offerings as much as we’ve loved making them for you! Contact and Credits Originally written by Alex Dunae at Dialect (dialect.ca, e-mail ‘alex’ at ‘dialect dot ca’), 2008-11.