Optimize as many images as your server can handle
Fast Imagery runs on your WordPress server, so there are no cloud credits or per-image caps. One website license includes unlimited optimization.
AVIF & WebP image optimization for WordPress
WordPress images.Faster, lighter.
Convert your Media Library on your own WordPress server. No cloud credits, no quotas, and your original files stay unchanged.
- Local processing
- Unlimited images
- Compression quality control
Features
Image optimization with fewer limits and clearer terms
Fast imagery optimizes images on your own WordPress server, handles new uploads automatically, and avoids cloud-credit pressure.
Optimize as many images as your server can handle
Fast Imagery runs on your WordPress server, so there are no cloud credits or per-image caps. One website license includes unlimited optimization.
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| Plugin | Images stay local? | Close the tab? | Usage limited? | Price | Existing images? | New images automatic? | Formats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast ImageryFast Imagery | Yes | Yes | Nounlimited | FreePro €29/year1 | Yespresets + per-image control | Yeswith Pro | WebP freeAVIF with Pro |
| CompressX | Yes | Free: noPro: yes | Nounlimited | FreePro $49 lifetime | Yesglobal quality | Yesfree | WebP + AVIF free |
| EWWW Image Optimizer | Free: yescloud plan: no | Yes | No in Freehost support required | Freecloud from $80/year | Yesindividual image actions | Yes | WebP freeAVIF with paid cloud delivery |
| Smush | Nosent to Smush | Yes | Yes5 MB/image in Free | FreePro from $36/year | Yessite-wide modes | Yes | None in FreePro: WebP or AVIF |
| ShortPixel | Nosent to ShortPixel | Yesenable the mode | Yes100 credits/month | Freeunlimited $99.90/year | Yes3 quality modes | Yes | WebP + AVIF |
Fast ImageryFast Imagery
CompressX
Images stay local?
Yes
Yes
Close the tab?
Yes
Free: noPro: yes
Usage limited?
Nounlimited
Nounlimited
Existing images?
Yespresets + per-image control
Yesglobal quality
New images automatic?
Yeswith Pro
Yesfree
Formats
WebP freeAVIF with Pro
WebP + AVIF free
Pro pricing
Choose your Pro license.
Automatic optimization, modern formats, and one year of updates and standard support.
Your license
Production websites
1 website
€29
Billed yearly
€2.42 / month
Pro is an add-on for the free Fast Imagery plugin. One license covers one production website; staging and local installations do not require a license.
Buy for 1 websiteRenews yearly for the same number of websites. Cancel anytime; your installed Pro version keeps working.
Included with every license
Everything in Pro.
Unlimited processing
Optimize your Media Library without credits or quotas.
Automatic optimization
New uploads are handled in the background while you work.
AVIF and WebP
Create modern formats while keeping the original files unchanged.
Local processing
Images stay on your WordPress server.
Per-image quality
Set AVIF and WebP compression quality for individual images.
FAQ
Clear answers about Fast Imagery
Website licenses, renewals, license keys, and billing, clearly explained.
Each purchase covers one year of Pro updates, downloads, and standard support. If it expires, your installed Pro version keeps working; renewal restores access to new versions, downloads, and support.
One license covers one live production website. Staging, local-development, and preview installations do not require another license.
After purchase, your key appears in the dashboard license area together with its expiry date, so activation and renewal timing stay clear in one place.
Future renewals stop, but updates and support stay active until the end of the current payment period. Your installed plugin is not removed.
Yes. Fast Imagery Pro is a separately downloaded add-on for the free Fast Imagery plugin. Install and activate Free first, then upload the Pro ZIP from your dashboard.