Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN vs LeadBot – AI Chat & Lead Generation for Your Website

LeadBot is the AI website chat that turns your visitors into leads. With this plugin you add LeadBot to your WordPress website in just a few minutes. LeadBot greets your visitor personally, shows the most important buttons on your website and lowers the barrier to get in touch. The result: more leads, more return on your digital marketing and a higher ROI. More than 1,000 websites already get better results with LeadBot, from small businesses to major brands. Start a 30-day free trial | Visit the website | Pricing | Support What does LeadBot do for you? Visitors come to your website with a goal. LeadBot makes sure that visit goes better, and that visitors actually turn into leads. On top of that you stay in control: incoming questions are routed directly to the right department. That means more return, more connection and more efficiency. A higher ROI on your digital marketing Turn website visitors into leads Lightning-fast loading time, no slowdown on your site From standard templates to strategic decision trees Route leads automatically to the right department AI chat that actually helps LeadBot is more than a standard chatbot. The AI chat helps visitors interactively take the right action on your website: ask a question, request a quote, book an appointment or click through to the right page. Think of it as a digital account manager that is available 24/7 and makes getting in touch as easy as possible. Low-threshold contact options In the LeadBot AI website chat you simply set up the contact options that fit your organization: Chat via WhatsApp Contact via e-mail Call or leave a callback request Contact forms and dynamic forms Request a quote Schedule an appointment or video call Refer visitors to conversion pages Frequently asked questions (FAQ) Fully in your own branding You set up LeadBot entirely to match your brand: your own colors, logo, photo and copy. That way you welcome visitors professionally and recognizably, 24 hours a day. An automatic greeting adapts to the time of day. Different variants per situation Use a different LeadBot variant for each scenario: per page, per device, per campaign or outside opening hours. Variants with different buttons and contact persons are easy to set up in the dashboard. Built for online marketers LeadBot was developed from the hands-on experience of online marketers. As a result, the tool fits seamlessly with generating leads and following them up correctly. Easy to install, while at the same time offering plenty of possibilities for those who want more. How does it work? Create a LeadBot account. You can try LeadBot free for 30 days. Install and activate the plugin on your WordPress website. Connect your account and set up your AI chat via the dashboard. LeadBot appears on your website and turns visitors into leads. Pricing You can try LeadBot free for 30 days. Visit the pricing page for all plans and options. Are you an agency and want to get more out of LeadBot? Discover the partner model. External services This plugin is a connector for the LeadBot SaaS chat widget and cannot function without the LeadBot service. By installing, activating, and configuring the plugin with a LeadBot account, you authorize it to communicate with the LeadBot service as described below. What the plugin connects to and why LeadBot install verification API – https://api.leadbot.com/v1/install-tokens/verify When it runs: only when a logged-in administrator confirms an install link initiated from the LeadBot dashboard. What is sent: the WordPress site URL and the one-time install token from the install link. Why: to verify the install link is valid and obtain the domain key that links this site to the matching LeadBot account. LeadBot widget script – https://script.leadbot.com/script.js?domainKey= When it runs: on every public-facing page, only after a domain key has been saved in the plugin settings. What is sent: the standard request data any browser sends when loading a script, such as IP address, user agent and referrer, plus your public domain key as a query parameter. Why: this script is the LeadBot chat widget itself. It is not a generic third-party CDN library, it is the runtime delivery of the LeadBot SaaS product, served by LeadBot’s own infrastructure. It cannot be bundled locally because the widget is configured and updated server-side per LeadBot account. LeadBot widget runtime – once loaded, the widget may communicate with LeadBot servers to render conversations and submit visitor input according to the flows configured in the connected LeadBot account. This communication is handled by the widget, not by the plugin’s PHP code. No data is sent to LeadBot from the plugin itself until an administrator either confirms a LeadBot-initiated install link in wp-admin, or saves a domain key in the plugin’s settings. Removing the domain key, or uninstalling the plugin, stops the widget from loading. LeadBot privacy policy: https://www.leadbot.nl/privacybeleid Disclose use of the LeadBot service in your site’s privacy policy. The plugin contributes suggested text via Tools -> Privacy.

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.