Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN vs TrafficGuard PPC Fraud Prevention

Competitors clicking on ads, bot traffic and click farms are just some of the ways that your PPC budget could be wasted on fraud. Using TrafficGuard’s PPC protection, you can stop click fraud in real-time and ensure that every dollar of your GoogleAds budget generates genuine advertising engagement, delivering to your bottom line. When you are using TrafficGuard’s PPC Protection, your Google Ads campaigns result in: Genuine ad engagements – No more bots, clicks farms or competitors clicks draining your ad spend. Just genuine advertising engagement. More customers – Campaigns that reach real people who have the potential to become real customers. Faster growth – With more budget going towards attracting actual customers, you can scale your advertising confidently to achieve faster business growth More time – TrafficGuard removes the burden of blacklist management from your Search Marketing team so that they can spend their time on growth-focussed initiatives. TrafficGuard PPC Protection Features Real time click protection TrafficGuard’s PPC protection stops click fraud in real-time, automatically blocking malicious IPs and devices from seeing your ads. Blacklists are automatically updated by TrafficGuard via the Google Ads API. Superior fraud mitigation TrafficGuard’s PPC protection has been developed by the same team of dedicated engineers and data scientists behind TrafficGuard’s enterprise ad fraud solutions, delivering you an unprecedented level of PPC protection. Detailed reporting At any given moment, get a comprehensive view of your GoogleAds traffic and types of fraud detected at the click, campaign and organisation levels. Expert support Our customer success team is available to answer any questions and offer support for your TrafficGuard PPC protection implementation. About TrafficGuard TrafficGuard’s PPC protection leverages the sophistication of our enterprise ad fraud prevention solution to now protect PPC campaigns on Google Ads. TrafficGuard processes in excess of 3 trillion data points a month. That data is continuously strengthening the machine learning models that operate across all of our products, including TrafficGuard PPC Protect. We have a data science and engineering team that lives and breathes ad fraud prevention – building the most comprehensive solution specifically to address the problem of ad fraud. Learn more about TrafficGuard’s comprehensive fraud mitigation for brands, agencies and ad networks at trafficguard.ai

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.