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Nix Image Optimizer

Convert images to WebP with bulk compression, media log, watermarking, image SEO, featured image generation, and unused media cleanup.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version2.1.13
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.8 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update28 Oct 20264d ago
Active installations10Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Nix Image Optimizer version 2.1.13 as active, updated 4d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Nix Image Optimizer helps optimize your WordPress media library by converting supported image uploads to WebP automatically and giving you tools to manage existing images, generate lightweight featured images, and improve image SEO metadata.

Features:

  • Automatically converts new JPG, JPEG, PNG, and AVIF uploads to WebP.
  • Bulk-compresses existing Media Library images.
  • Shows compression statistics in a Media Log.
  • Adds optional watermark support before compression.
  • Generates blog-style featured images from post title, category, author name, and avatar.
  • Supports custom featured image background colors, gradients, typography, and output dimensions.
  • Auto-fills missing image ALT text and attachment descriptions from post content.
  • Includes Basic and Advanced Image SEO Metadata modes.
  • Scans and backfills existing posts with safe generated-metadata rules.
  • Includes an unused media scanner and cleaner.
  • Works with WordPress Media Library metadata and regeneration flow.

External services

This plugin can connect to the WordPress avatar system, which commonly uses Gravatar, when the Featured Image Generator is configured to include the post author’s avatar.

Author avatars are disabled by default for new installations. Enable “Show author avatar when available” in the Featured Image Generator settings to use this service. Existing saved avatar preferences are preserved.

When the avatar option is enabled, the plugin requests the author’s avatar URL while showing the featured-image preview in the WordPress admin and while generating a featured image for a post or page. WordPress builds that avatar URL from the author’s user account email address according to the site’s normal avatar settings. The plugin downloads the avatar image from that URL so it can draw the circular author avatar into the generated featured image.

If the avatar option is disabled, or if no avatar URL is available, the plugin does not request the avatar image and uses a local placeholder shape instead.

The avatar service is provided by Gravatar/Automattic:

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Credits

1. com/notofonts/bengali. txt.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • featured image
  • image seo
  • compression
  • images
  • webp
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.8 · PHP 7.4
Update activity28 Oct 20264d ago

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Recent tracked changes

Version2.1.112.1.13
WordPress compatibility7.0.47.1.4
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