[Feature Request] Optimize images out side of WordPress Media Upload

[isaumya]

Hi I love TinyPNG/JPG but there are still 2 things that I am not 100% satisfied about.

1. This plugin only optimizes the images uploaded via wordpress media tool. But there are still plenty images left to be optimized. Especially the images that comes within theme folder or plugin folder. In EWWW - there was an option to auto scan for these images and optimize them respectively and also an option to mention certain path (eg. your theme folder and plugin folder) path which the plugin will scan and optimize the images respectively. It would be great if you guys consider adding this option in this plugin.
2. Another thing that I'm not completely happy about is that even though TinyPNG optimized the images properly, but still webpagetest.org sometimes shows that some images can be optimized further by 0.2kb to 0.3kb. It kind a feel bad.

So, I think the following task list will be proper for this feature request:

• Allow specifying custom path within the plugin so that images from theme and plugin folders can be optimized too.
• Make sure all images are 100% optimized to it's extreme level and nothing left to optimize.

[mattijsvandruenen]

Thanks for your feedback and feature requests!

As we already commented on your plugin review on the WordPress site, we have added your first feature request to our list of ideas to implement.

In regards to your second point, we strive to optimise each image to find the best combination of file size and image quality. It is therefore difficult to say when an image is 100% optimised. Some people will earlier spot image quality degradation, while others won't and might want an even smaller image.

I've added an idea to allow images to be compressed with a higher factor to our list of ideas as well. If we would implement it, it would result in images that are even smaller, but also at the cost of a bit of quality.

[isaumya]

@warflower Thanks for the reply. It is always great to have more options 😄