Product Upload vs Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN

Find products on the big marketplaces and import them into WooCommerce in seconds. Product Upload is an AI product importer for WooCommerce. Search the supported marketplaces (Amazon, AliExpress, Alibaba, eBay, Shein, 1688, and Taobao) by keyword, pick the products you want, and Product Upload builds finished WooCommerce products for you: a tailored title, an SEO-tuned description, every variant, the image gallery, pricing, and metadata, ready to review and publish. No CSV mapping. No XML feeds. No copy and paste across twenty browser tabs. Search, select, and publish, hundreds at a time. How product data is sourced Product Upload retrieves product data from the supported marketplaces through their APIs and licensed data providers, then uses AI to write the product copy for your store. The plugin does not crawl or extract data from arbitrary third-party websites: imports are limited to the marketplaces listed above. Key features Marketplace keyword search – search Amazon, AliExpress, Alibaba, eBay, Shein, 1688, and Taobao from inside WooCommerce and import the results directly. AI-written product copy – punchy titles, conversion-tuned descriptions, feature bullets, specs tables, and SEO meta, optimised for your store. Bulk import, hundreds at a time – select an entire page of search results and import them in one job with a live progress tracker. Full variant detection – colours, sizes, materials, and every SKU are mapped into full WooCommerce variations with attributes. Pricing engine – set your margin once (for example x2.4). Every import calculates cost price, regular price, sale price, and compare-at automatically. Image sideloading – product photos are pulled into the WordPress Media Library at full resolution and set as featured and gallery images. 60+ language translation – import a foreign-language listing and have it sell in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, and more. Brand-voice training – eight tone presets or your own custom AI prompt. Teach the AI to write like you. SEO metadata built-in – Yoast SEO and Rank Math meta titles, descriptions, and focus keyphrases set on import. Stock and inventory – quantities and stock status carried through; supports WooCommerce multi-location inventory. HPOS compatible – High-Performance Order Storage and WooCommerce Blocks ready. One-click connect – no API keys, no manual setup. Activate the plugin and start importing. Supported marketplaces Amazon, AliExpress, Alibaba, eBay, Shein, 1688, and Taobao (including Tmall). Each is searched through that marketplace’s API or a licensed data provider. Perfect for Dropshipping stores – build a catalogue from marketplace suppliers in an afternoon instead of a month. Wholesale and retail – import marketplace listings with your margin rules applied automatically. Print-on-demand and private label – pull base products, then let the AI rewrite the copy in your brand voice. You are responsible for what you import Product Upload is a productivity tool. You are responsible for ensuring you have the right to list and resell the products you import, for complying with each marketplace’s and supplier’s terms, and for fulfilment, shipping, and vetting seller legitimacy. Product Upload does not handle orders, contact suppliers, or warrant that any product may be resold. How it works Install Product Upload and click Connect. No API key and no signup are needed: your site is auto-provisioned with free import credits. Choose a marketplace and search by keyword (filter by category, price, sort, and more). Select the products you want and click Import. The AI builds each WooCommerce product (variants, images, copy, SEO) and stages it as a draft. Review and publish, or enable auto-publish for high-volume imports. Built for WooCommerce HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage) compatible WooCommerce Blocks (Cart and Checkout) compatible Yoast SEO and Rank Math integration WPML-friendly translations Native WooCommerce variations, attributes, and product types Works inside the standard WooCommerce admin, no separate dashboard to learn AI content disclosure Product Upload uses large language models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) to write product titles, descriptions, specifications, tags, SEO metadata, and translations. AI-generated content can contain inaccuracies, hallucinated specifications, or copy that does not reflect the source product. You must review every imported product before publishing. The plugin stages imports as draft products by default so you can edit before they reach customers. We do not warrant the accuracy of AI-generated content. See our Terms of Service for full details. Trademarks Product Upload is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Amazon, AliExpress, Alibaba, eBay, Shein, 1688, Taobao, WooCommerce, Automattic, or any other marketplace or platform. “WooCommerce” is a trademark of Automattic Inc. All other product names, logos, and marketplace names are the property of their respective owners and are used here only to describe the sources this plugin can import from. Third-Party Services This plugin relies on third-party services to function. By installing the plugin you acknowledge the data flows described below. No store, product, order, or customer data is sent to ProductUpload.co until you click Connect in the plugin’s settings. The optional in-app support chat (Crisp, described below) loads on the plugin’s own admin screen so you can reach support before connecting. ProductUpload.co (productupload.co) After you click Connect, the plugin performs an OAuth handshake with productupload.co so the service can be billed and rate-limited per shop. From that point on, each search or import sends the following to productupload.co: The search keyword and filters you enter, or the marketplace identifier of the product you select. Your shop’s site URL. An opaque per-shop bearer token (used purely for authentication; not derived from any merchant or customer data). The current shop locale and language preferences you set in the plugin. ProductUpload.co retrieves the corresponding product data from the supported marketplaces through their APIs and licensed data providers, generates the product fields (title, description, variants, image URLs, SEO meta), and returns them to your WooCommerce store. Service: productupload.co Terms of Service: productupload.co/terms Privacy Policy: productupload.co/privacy AI subprocessors ProductUpload.co uses OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini for language-model inference to generate and translate product copy. These subprocessors receive the product attributes and AI prompts but never receive your site URL or shop token. See our privacy policy for the full subprocessor list. Crisp live chat (client.crisp.chat) The plugin loads the Crisp live-chat widget on its own admin screen so you can contact support from inside WooCommerce. The widget script is loaded from client.crisp.chat when you open the Product Upload screen. If you open the chat, the widget sends the messages you type and your site URL to Crisp so support can identify your store. It does not transmit your product, order, or customer data, and if you never open the chat no conversation data is sent. Service: Crisp Terms of Service: crisp.chat/en/terms Privacy Policy: crisp.chat/en/privacy ImageKit image proxy (ik.imagekit.io) When the plugin imports a product image, it first tries to download the image directly. If the direct download fails (for example, when the source host blocks server-to-server requests), the plugin retries through the ImageKit image proxy, which fetches and re-encodes the image server-side. Only the source image URL is sent to ImageKit; no product, order, or customer data is transmitted. Service: ImageKit Terms of Service: imagekit.io/terms Privacy Policy: imagekit.io/privacy-policy Data retention and deletion The plugin stores nothing personal on productupload.co beyond the shop record (site URL, opaque token hash) and per-import activity entries. You can request full deletion of your shop’s record at any time by emailing [email protected], or by clicking Disconnect in the plugin’s settings, which removes credentials locally. Privacy Product Upload does not collect or transmit any data from your store until you complete the Connect action in the plugin’s settings page, with one exception: the optional Crisp support-chat widget loads on the plugin’s admin screen and only sends data (your site URL and any messages you type) if you open the chat. After connecting, the plugin sends only the data described in the Third-Party Services section above. The plugin never reads, transmits, or stores customer data, order data, payment data, or any personally identifiable customer information. Source code This plugin ships with its complete, human-readable source. All PHP in includes/ is the original, unminified source. The admin interface is built from the JavaScript and SCSS in the src/ directory, which is included in the plugin package. The compiled assets in build/ are generated from src/ with the WordPress Scripts toolchain (webpack): npm install && npm run build No other build step is required to regenerate the compiled assets.

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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.