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

❤️ Keep This Project Alive Through Sponsorship ❤️ Creating Maps Use the intuitive Editor to create Maps with one, or thousands of interactive Overlays. Overlays – Create Markers, Lines and Shapes with a: Title Image (Media Library or link to external image) Description (Rich text editor, HTML supported) Type (defined in Settings) Import GPX KML GeoJSON EXIF (Image location metadata) Elevation data (adds an interactive profile chart for Lines with elevation data) Meta – Add extra information to your Maps; these are customisable form inputs that allow you to add additional content to your Maps. Types – Set options to visually distinguish between Overlays (colours/icons etc.), then select it when using the Editor. Collections – Group Maps together and display multiple Maps at once. Create complex Collection hierarchies to suit your needs and associate Maps with multiple Collections. Submissions – Allow registered users, or guests to create Maps from the front-end of your site. You can control who can Submit Maps, what editor features are available and whether submissions should be approved before they are published. 🌟 GitHub 👐 WordPress 📖 Demo & Docs Displaying Maps Embed your Maps using the [Waymark] Shortcode, or link to the Map Details page. Shortcodes Display a single Map, or a Collection of Maps anywhere that Shortcodes are supported. An optional Shortcode Header displays the Map/Collection title, a link to the Map Details page and any Meta. Display a Marker defined through the Shortcode. Display a Basemap only, without any Overlays by providing centre and zoom parameters. Basemaps – Uses OpenStreetMap by default, with support for multiple raster tiled/”slippy” Basemaps. You can switch Basemaps using the Overlay Filter. Overlay Filter – Allow the user to filter which Overlays are currently visible on the Map. Export (Optionally) Let anyone Export Maps into GPX, KML and GeoJSON formats through the Shortcode Header or on the Map Details page. Works on mobile devices. Customising Built to be flexible, Waymark has lots of Settings and Types provide one place to control how Overlays (Markers/Lines/Shapes) are displayed. Marker Icons can be provided as: – Font Icons (Ionic Icons v2/Font Awesome v4) – Simple Text, or Emojis (i.e. 🏕️, 🚩, 📸). – Custom HTML (good ol’ , or a more complex structure). So you can pretty much create any kind of Icon you want. For developers: Most elements can be styled using CSS and have sensibly named waymark- classes. WordPress integration: Maps are stored using the custom post type waymark_map. Collections use the waymark_collection Taxonomy. Embed Maps using the [Waymark] Shortcode anywhere they are supported, or dynamically using the do_shortcode(["Waymark"]) function. Geographical data is stored in GeoJSON format. Types are specified using the type Property, i.e. {feature: { geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [0, 0] } }, properties: { type: 'Alert', title: 'Bridge Removed!' }. Specify which GeoJSON feature properties to store when importing (Settings > Overlays > Properties). These can be automatically appended to the Overlay Description, or accessed programatically via the layer.feature.properties Object. Maps are displayed using the Leaflet JavaScript library, which is bundled with Waymark and can be extended using the waymark_loaded_callback [callback function](https://www.ogis.org/waymark-wp/advanced/using-the-global-callback-function/. Be sure to check out Map First, a minimal WordPress theme with an obsession for Maps (it’s open-source too and contains lots of comments about customisations). Waymark is free, open-source (GPL v2) and a labour of Love. I try to keep the plugin well supported, so please feel free to reach out with any issues, questions or feedback. Development [!NOTE] To develop locally you will need to have both Node.js and NPM installed. Grunt is used to run the build script, which compiles the JavaScript and CSS and performs some other tasks. # Clone the repository (and the Waymark JS submodule) git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/opengis/waymark.git # Navigate to the Waymark directory cd waymark # Install the dependencies (or pnpm/yarn install) npm install # Run the build script grunt The build script will watch for changes to the JavaScript and CSS files. Pull requests are welcome! [!IMPORTANT] Waymark JS is responsible for the Viewer and Editor and is included as a Git submodule (/waymark-js directory). View on GitHub. Dev Server A local WordPress environment is provided via wp-env. Docker must be running. npm run dev This starts WordPress at http://localhost:8888 and prints the credentials summary: ──────────────────────────────────── MySQL 127.0.0.1 root / password Admin http://localhost:8888/wp-admin admin / password ────────────────────────────────────

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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. 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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.