Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN vs WPC Smart Messages for WooCommerce

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. 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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.

Showing on-site messages are proven to greatly improve the customer engagement, avoid errors in the purchase process and keep your customers stay informed about the latest promotions and discounts. WPC Smart Messages for WooCommerce provides a series of powerful features for creating sophisticated combinations of conditions and sources and displaying custom personalized, automatic real-time messages. Getting your message across effectively to all customers and visitors of your site is even easier with a lot of other WPC features integrated, which enhances the power of on-site messaging for online stores. Any kind of on-site messages can be crafted: purchase notice, sale event announcement, account alerts, transactional errors, etc. and placed on any wished position. Using shortcode, icon, image or custom codes and place to make your messages stand out and place them anywhere using action hooks to grab visitors’ attention in a matter of seconds. Live demo Get a preview of how messages can do wonders for your site. Beautiful examples and more Great Benefits Inform promotional news & notice to visitors Engage and convert visitors into customers Enhance the user experience & compliance Facilitate faster deal closing and payment process Reduce customer support cost & cart abandonment Key Features Place messages on all pages, single product pages, shop/archive pages, etc. Insert messages on custom page using action hooks General: informative notices, error alerts, freeship & order payment success logs, etc. Display personalized messages for different user roles Positions on archive/shop pages: before/after products, titles, prices Positions on single product pages: before/after titles, summary, prices, excerpt, add to cart, meta, product tabs, related products, sharing, etc. Positions on cart page: before/after cart, cart table Positions on checkout page: before/after checkout, customer details, shipping & billing address Complex conditional combination: date & time, user role, product types, categories, tags, attributes, on-sale & out of stock products, etc. Message text supports shortcode, icon, link, & image Comprehensive list of built-in shortcode Compatible with WPC Countdown Timer shortcode Compatible with the WPC Brands plugin Compatible with WPC Smart Quick View & WPC Fly Cart Types of On-site Messages Using this plugin, online shop owners can craft any kind of messages, notices or alerts to deliver what they need to inform or tell customers & visitors and place in the relevant position to make sure they can take effect as expected. Basically, users can process 3 types of messages: general notices, marketing messages & transactional notices. General notices General notices can be placed across the store, on all pages or custom selected pages. It’s often about the recent changes or important pieces of information that customers should know before adding any products to the cart or placing their order. Holiday break or vacation leave notices Changes in business hours of the store Special management amid crisis, illness, covid, etc. General policy notices Marketing Messages As a marketing strategy, showing on-site messages is one of the most proficient but still simple ways to inform and educate visitors about what they need to pay attention to. Introduce limited-time offers, give away, or sales events Cross-sell & up-sell product suggestion Remind when the product is on sale or ready for preorder Urge customers with the low-threshold notice Notify when a product is nearly out of stock or will be restocked Remind customers of checking out valid discounts, gifts, or coupons Personalized message: related products that buyers might be interested in Encourage social sharing and referral for products Transactional Notices Transactional notices are reminders of the buyer’s account, the special points that customers need to pay attention to during the payment process or delivery time. Any delays or special notes can be informed to customers promptly right on the cart and checkout pages to make sure they have acknowledged everything they need to know. This will avoid misunderstandings and reduce the refund/ return rate. Notify the order processing time or purchase limit Encourage order value increase for free shipping or gifts Introduce available payment methods, installment or quote Inform the estimated packing and delivery time Custom cart and checkout messages Guide customers in filling out billing details & addresses Encourage buyers to subscribe or log in when purchasing Real-time Automatic Messages Users can combine a number of date and time conditions to configure how and when the messages are visible on the site. When users insert the built-in shortcode into the message text, the displayed date and time will be calculated in real time. To strengthen the effectiveness and emphasize the urgency of the time-sensitive content, they can also use the shortcode from the WPC Countdown Timer plugin to show a beautiful real-time countdown clock. The conditions can be complex or simple based on users’ preferences and configurations: date & time, user role, product categories, tags, brands, types, attributes, etc. It’s even possible to filter special product types such as Smart Bundles, Smart Composite and Smart Grouped Products to display customized messages on them. The WPC Brands is a free plugin from WPClever that allows users to create and manage products by brand. Combining these two plugins, users can process and display messages on branded products with ease. WPC Smart Messages will automatically provide the precise display based on the real-time calculation of the date-time, stock, item count, cart count, cart total, discount amount or percentage, product price’s configurations. Sample messages: The Black Friday event will start in 2 days 10 hours. There are 1000 people interested in this product. 200 customers have pre-ordered this. Preorder for this product will be closed on June 06. Hurry up, only 4 days left. This product price will change back to $100 in 5 days 19 hours. You will save $40 for purchasing this bundle right now. Hurry up, offer ends soon. Purchase this product right now to enjoy 20%. Offer is available in 5 days only. Your cart total is $45. Purchase $50 more to enjoy free shipping. Your cart has 5 products, add 4 more items to get a free gift for your order. Nice, you have just successfully purchased an item from X company. Here are some hand-picked products from X company that you might be interested in. This product is only compatible with some models. Check out the list of compatible products here. This product is out of stock now. It will be restocked within 10 days. Our store will be away for the Christmas celebration after 20 days 10 hours. We will be back on December 26, 2022. Smart Messages on Quick View & Fly Cart What’s more, WPC Smart Messages is integrated into WPC Smart Quick View and WPC Fly Cart, so they can work in sync with each other. Sellers can display custom messages right on the Quick View and Fly Cart popup to enhance the effectiveness and deliver meaningful pieces of information to visitors no matter which corner they are in. Smart Messages with Radio Buttons & Smart Bundles WPC Smart Messages have specific positions for displaying messages on variable products’ product pages using WPC Variations Radio Buttons interface. Plus, on Smart Bundle’s pages, users can also choose some particular places for showing Smart Messages properly and grab the attention better. Need more features? Please try other plugins from us: WPC Smart Compare WPC Smart Quick View WPC Smart Wishlist WPC Smart Notification WPC AJAX Add to Cart