Basic Configuration (Essentials)
Premium Options
When you purchase a premium plan, add your API key to the settings, and then Activate the Easy IO CDN. If you choose not to use the API, you'll need to add your Site URL to your account, and then you can activate Easy IO.
Remove Metadata
This option removes all image metadata. Sometimes Photoshop and other tools will even embed thumbnail versions of an image when you save to JPG, so removing metadata is vital to achieving the smallest size possible. Metadata can include EXIF fields like aperture, the type of camera used, exposure, etc. It also includes location, embedded copyright information, and color profiles. Anything that does not tell a computer how to render a pixel is stripped from the image. When using the Compress API or Easy IO, color profiles will be preserved regardless of this setting.
Un-checking this option preserves all metadata, except when using Premium Plus mode (Ludicrous Mode, Local settings). In Premium Plus mode, for both JPG and PNG, the only fields that are preserved are copyright, location, and the creation date.
Image Detective
The Image Detective is a tool for site admins to view information about the performance of the images on the front-end of the site. It helps identify the LCP element on each page, and gives information on the sizing of images that are being downscaled.
LCP images can be excluded from lazy loading using Image Detective, and images that need to be resized will be identified by a red (LCP) or orange border.
Note that the feature is only visible for admin users, so you can safely leave it enabled without any impact on what your visitors see.
Max Image Dimensions
If you're not resizing your images to the correct size pre-upload, this can save you loads of disk space, and help make sure you aren't delivering poster-sized images to mobile devices. A width between 1920 and 2560 is recommend, as that is about the largest you would need for a full-screen display. You can set one of the dimensions to 0 if you only want to limit your images in one direction. To prevent an image from being resized, regardless of the dimensions, insert the string 'noresize' into the filename before upload.
Lazy Load
WebP Conversion
More Options
While we want to keep things simple for newcomers, there is plenty of power and flexibility just a click away. You can switch to Ludicrous Mode via the link at the top of the Basic Settings to access a whole host of additional options including our Overrides system.
