So I’m sure that you have seen this outfit all over my Instagram this past week. I wanted to post it on the blog last week but I was having some serious problems with Image Optimization on WordPress. Today, I want to share with you some of the tips and tricks that I acquired over the past few days for optimizing your photos on WordPress.
As a fashion blogger, images are EVERYTHING. If your photos are sub-par, you are not going to get any traffic to your site. The honest truth is that people are visiting your site for your images so they need to shine at all times. This past week, I was getting ready to post and I realized that my photos were not up to my usual standards. When I looked back at the original JPEG files, they looked great so I didn’t understand what was going on. After a little research, I learned that WordPress compresses images to 90% of their original size. This resulted in blurred images on the site which was no buono.
Here are some tips and tricks on how to address this problem:
1. Resize Photos to the Correct Dimensions before Loading them onto WordPress– Since I usually post photos with the “large” photo option on WordPress, I learned to save my photos to the dimensions, 682 x 1024 pixels for the best results. By doing so, WordPress doesn’t compress the image to fit to scale.
2. Use the RBG Color Screen- I knew absolutely nothing about this trick until a few days ago. By saving photos with this option, it instantly brightens and enhances your photos. To select this option, go to Photoshop> Edit> Convert to Profile> Select sRBG.
3. Disable Image Compression on WordPress– WordPress automatically compresses an image to 90% by default. To undo this action, paste the following code into your theme’s function.php file:
add_filter(‘jpeg_quality’, function($arg){return 100;});
4. Save Your Images for the Web– Finally, this is a very handy tool for saving images specifically for online publishing . Select File> Export> Save for Web in Photoshop. Once you select this option, you can adjust the image size, compression, and format.
In conclusion, I hope that you found these tips helpful! Also, don’t forget to head over to my Witlee shop for outfit details HERE!
Be Classy, Be Confident, Be Strong
Baci,
Bianca Ida
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