E176: Pixel-Perfect Optimization and Compression (Shane Bishop, EWWW Image Optimizer)

In today’s episode, we get to listen again to Joe and Shane’s chat about image optimization. They cover the technical side of image optimization, how the app is designed to compress images across multiple platforms and websites, and the projects currently in development.   

Shane Bishop is a WordPress plugin developer and website performance nut. He's the lead and only developer of the EWWW Image Optimizer, a plugin that was launched on WordPress.org back in 2012.  

Episode Resources:

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What to Listen For:

00:00 Intro 00:41 Welcome to the pod, Shane! 03:17 Getting close to million active installations 08:25 How image optimization works 12:49 Pricing structure that favors users 15:49 API offloading the compression 21:28 Products are designed to work across multiple sites 22:12 Rebranding of the exact DN system 26:59 Going back through all previous photos and images  29:05 Future plans for the company 32:13 Find Shane online