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WP-Optimize release v3.6.0: New premium feature – improve Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) and boost PageSpeed insights score

by | Nov 4, 2024 | Plugin News, WP Optimize | 0 comments

The new 3.6.0 version of WP-Optimize has arrived.  We’ve introduced a new premium feature to auto-detect images that don’t have dimension attributes.  

Without the correct dimensions, your web browser has to download the image, calculate its size and then rearrange the page layout.  This process slows down page loading and degrades performance, causing increases in Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) and First Contentful Paint Time (FCP).  These are key metrics that Google uses which can affect your page rank.

With this feature enabled, you can significantly boost your PageSpeed insights score by having the image dimensions readily available in the HTML markup.

Image dimensions feature (exclusive to premium users)

To quickly add dimensions to your images:

  1. Go to WP-Optimize >> Images >> Images dimensions  
  2. Click the Enable images dimensions button
  3. Click the Save settings button

That’s all there is to it.

Other improvements (free and premium)

  • We’ve enhanced the WebP conversion feature to ensure it remains active, even if only one shell command is detected.
  • We’ve also fixed an issue with the Unused Image Size feature which prevented images from being deleted when outside of the default folder structure (yyyy/mm).

For a full list of changes, please review the changelog below.

Changelog:

* FEATURE: Premium – Auto-detect images lacking dimension attributes and add them to improve CLS.

* FIX: Fixed the issue that disabled WebP conversion due to checking all shell commands for WebP compression.

* FIX: Premium – Unused Images – The unused image size deletion functionality does not work when images are not in the /yyyy/mm/ folder.

* REFACTOR: Removed unnecessary static methods in WebP class.

* TWEAK – Image compression – Rolled back to using popup error notices as in versions prior to 3.4.0.

* TWEAK: Added a more descriptive error with resolution proposals for failed gzip compression and browser cache tests.

* TWEAK: Fix broken unused image list thumbnails and download as csv link in Multisite.

* TWEAK: Fix the singleton pattern in Heartbeat class.

* TWEAK: Image compression functionality added to the Media Library page.

* TWEAK: Premium – Cache – Added support for Aelia Currency Switcher plugin.

* TWEAK: Premium – Unused images – improve clarity in UI for images in post revisions.

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