CodingBunny Image Optimizer LITE

Description

CodingBunny Image Optimizer is a powerful and easy-to-use image optimization plugin for WordPress. It helps you improve your site’s performance by optimizing images, converting them to the WebP format, and resizing them automatically upon upload.

Features

  • New conversion method via browser to avoid using server resources.
  • Automatic image optimization upon upload.
  • Conversion to WebP and AVIF format.
  • Automatic image resizing.
  • Option to delete original images after conversion.
  • Disable WordPress default big image threshold.
  • Preload critical image (LCP) for better Core Web Vitals scores.
  • Lazy loading: images load only when visible to the user.

PRO Features

  • Option to set WebP and AVIF quality conversion
  • Disable WordPress unused image thumbnails: WordPress generates multiple thumbnails for each uploaded image. Choose which of these thumbnails you want to include when the images are optimized.
  • Bulk image optimisation: this option allows you to simultaneously optimize all or several selected images in the library.
  • Fix image attachments: fix all image attachments in the media library.
  • Unused images cleaner: this option identifies unused images within the site.
  • Duplicate images cleaner: this option identifies duplicate images within the media library.
  • Watermark: add a watermark to your images to protect them (now also supports text watermark).
  • Orphan Thumbnails cleaner: find and delete orphaned thumbnail files.
  • Cleaning Product Images: delete images associated with the WooCommerce product when it is deleted.
  • Alternative Text generator: automatically generates the ALT attribute for images.
  • Remove Metadata: automatically remove unnecessary metadata from images (requires Imagick).
  • Image Protector (add-on): advanced system for protecting against unauthorized copying and downloading of images.
  • Image Organizer (add-on): organize your images by assigning custom categories.

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Installation

The plugin is simple to install:

  • Download coding-bunny-image-optimizer-lite.zip
  • Unzip
  • Upload coding-bunny-image-optimizer directory to your /wp-content/plugins directory
  • Go to the plugin menu page and activate the plugin

FAQ

How do I enable automatic image conversion?

Go to the plugin settings page and check the ‘Enable Conversion’ option.

Can I keep the original images after conversion?

Yes, you can. Simply uncheck the ‘Delete Original Images’ option in the plugin settings.

How do I set the maximum dimensions for image resizing?

You can set the maximum width and height for image resizing in the plugin settings.

Reviews

February 20, 2025 1 reply
I’m using the Pro version of this plugin, and it’s working well so far. I haven’t encountered any issues yet.
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Contributors & Developers

“CodingBunny Image Optimizer LITE” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

3.0.0: 2026-01-12

  • New: Added a “Dashboard” page to monitor the status of images.
  • New: Added an “Account” page to manage licenses and addons. Replaces the old “Manage License” and “Addons” pages (PRO).
  • New: Added “Force Re-Optimization” to reconvert images already in WebP or AVIF formats (PRO).
  • Improvement: General UI improvements.
  • Improvement: General improvements to “Bulk Image Optimization”, now faster and more secure (PRO).
  • Improvement: General improvements to “Fix Image Attachments”, now faster and more accurate (PRO).
  • Improvement: General improvements to “Alternative Text”, now faster and more secure (PRO).
  • Improvement: General improvements to “Lazy Load & Preload”, now faster and more secure.
  • Fix: Fixed an issue with assigning loading=”lazy” and fetchpriority=”high”.

2.6.3: 2025-11-12

  • Improvement: Refactored admin modules and optimized image processing/attachment lookups for better performance and maintainability.
  • Improvement: Implemented caching and query optimizations to reduce database load.
  • Fix: Enhanced error handling, data validation, and WordPress standards compliance/security in image processing.

2.6.2: 2025-11-07

  • Improvement: Updated the CSS style of the tables.

2.6.1: 2025-11-04

  • Improvement: Improved assignment of Lazy Load and Preload Critical Images attributes.

2.6.0: 2025-10-28

  • New: The Watermark and Clean features are now available in the Image Watermarker and Image Cleaner add-ons.

2.5.1: 2025-10-08

  • Fix: Fixed error in the JS of the Fix Image Attachments feature.

2.5.0: 2025-10-01

  • New: “Fix Image Attachments” for Media Library corrections (PRO).
  • New: “Duplicate Image Scanner” to detect duplicates (PRO).
  • New: “Alt Text” column with generator in Media Library (PRO).
  • New: SKU variable in Alt Text Generator for product images (PRO).
  • Improvement: UX improvements for bulk optimization (PRO).
  • Fix: SVG image handling.
  • Fix: AVIF conversion bug.
  • Fix: Watermarking AVIF images (PRO).

2.4.0: 2025-09-22

  • New: Automatic deletion of images with posts/pages (PRO).
  • New: “Optimize Selected Images” in Media Library Grid (PRO).
  • New: Addons management page (PRO).
  • Fix: Alt Text generator formatting (PRO).

2.3.1: 2025-09-04

  • Fix: Update system modified (automatic update removed) (PRO).
  • Fix: Convert method settings (FREE).

2.3.0: 2025-09-03

  • New: Missing Images finder for links without files (PRO).
  • Improvement: Watermark Preview (PRO).

2.2.0: 2025-09-01

  • New: WebP via browser conversion.
  • New: Watermark Preview (PRO).
  • New: Watermark padding option (PRO).

2.1.0: 2025-08-28

  • New: Alt Text Template (PRO).
  • New: Force Overwrite Alt Text (PRO).

2.0.0: 2025-08-25

  • New: Text Watermark (PRO).
  • New: Orphan Thumbnails cleaner (PRO).
  • New: WooCommerce product images auto-cleanup (PRO).
  • New: Preload Critical Image for Core Web Vitals.
  • New: Lazy Loading Images.
  • New: Automatic ALT Text generator (PRO).
  • New: Remove Metadata (Imagick) (PRO).
  • Improvement: Detection of Unused Images.
  • Improvement: Code improvements.

1.6.4: 2025-06-26

  • Fix: Image resizing for near-threshold cases.

1.6.3: 2025-06-13

  • Improvement: Enable/Disable logs.
  • Improvement: Manual image stats update to avoid slowdowns.

1.6.2: 2025-05-29

  • Fix: Watermark JavaScript (PRO).

1.6.1: 2025-05-05

  • Improvement: Better log messages.
  • Fix: Original image deletion bugs.

1.6.0: 2025-04-30

  • New: “Logs” and export.
  • New: System Information page replaces “Image Stats”.
  • Improvement: Bulk conversion process (PRO).
  • Improvement: Only delete original files after successful conversion.
  • Improvement: New version detection improvements (PRO).
  • Improvement: Unified “Image Batch Size” in bulk optimizations (PRO).

1.5.3: 2025-04-17

  • Fix: Settings save bug.

1.5.2: 2025-04-16

  • Improvement: Automatic updates support (PRO).

1.5.1: 2025-04-11

  • Fix: Thumbnail creation (PRO).

1.5.0: 2025-04-04

  • New: Disable right-click options.
  • New: Custom watermark application (PRO).
  • New: Image batch selection for bulk ops (PRO).
  • Improvement: Improved performance.
  • Improvement: New license management (PRO).

1.4.5: 2025-03-17

  • Fix: Unused Images Finder with specific configs (PRO).

1.4.4: 2025-02-20

  • New: HEIC image format support (WordPress 6.7+, ImageMagick 7+).

1.4.3: 2025-02-09

  • Improvement: Code improvements.

1.4.2: 2025-01-17

  • Fix: “Image Stats” widget removal for dashboard performance.
  • Fix: Minor bugs.

1.4.1: 2025-01-15

  • Fix: PHP errors for archived images.

1.4.0: 2025-01-06

  • New: “Unused Images Finder” beta.
  • New: “Big Image Threshold”.
  • New: Quality conversion presets (PRO).
  • New: Enable/disable “Unused Images Finder” and “Bulk Image Optimizer” toolbars (PRO).
  • New: “Images Stats” dashboard widget.
  • New: System Info panel.
  • Improvement: French, German, Spanish languages (PRO).
  • Improvement: Finalize “Unused Images Finder” (PRO).
  • Improvement: Code security/performance.
  • Improvement: UI updates.
  • Improvement: PHP 8.4 compatibility.
  • Fix: Progress bar in “Bulk Image Optimizer” removed (PRO).

1.3.0: 2024-12-11

  • New: “Unused Images Finder” beta (PRO).

1.2.3: 2024-11-30

  • Improvement: Thai language support (PRO).
  • General code improvement.
  • Fix: Bulk Resize translation (PRO).

1.2.2: 2024-11-13

  • Fix: Prevent unwanted image enlargement with Imagick.

1.2.1: 2024-11-11

  • New: Conversion status bar (PRO).
  • Improvement: Safety improvements.

1.2.0: 2024-11-08

  • New: Conversion quality setting (PRO).
  • New: Convert-all-library-images button (PRO).
  • Improvement: Intermediate sizes removed after conversion (PRO).
  • Fix: Bulk optimization resizing when disabled (PRO).

1.1.0: 2024-01-30

  • New: Bulk optimization for library (PRO).
  • Improvement: Interface style.

1.0.0: 2024-10-18

  • Initial Release