Image compression (Legacy version)
Heads-up: You're viewing the legacy documentation. Stores that installed Avada SEO Suite before March 2026 and haven't been migrated to the new version will continue to use the flow described here (optimize images by page type). Stores on the updated version now optimize at the file level — see the new guide.
What is Image optimization?
Optimizing images helps your site load quickly, pleasing both Google Search and your visitors. Best practices include compressing images, using descriptive file names, setting alt tags for SEO, and implementing image sitemaps.
Learn about Google image SEO best practices (opens in a new tab)
How does Image optimization help?
Avada SEO Suite image optimization helps you:
- Compress images for smaller file sizes while maintaining quality
- Ensure every image has alt text
How does it work?
- Go to Image optimization
- In Settings, set up your image optimization settings
- Set up image quality
- Use auto mode (Automatic, High, Medium, Low quality) or custom quality to compress image size
- Select what images you want to optimize
- All products images: All images of your products (including product descriptions)
- Published product images and product description photos
- Click Optimize now to start optimizing your images
Note: If your website contains many pictures, the scanning and optimization process may take time. You'll receive an email notification when complete.
After optimization
When optimization is done, check your images on your storefront. If you notice any changes or problems, contact support or click Revert to restore original versions.
You can review Summary and Performance for an overview of the optimization results.
To take action on individual images, go to Image optimization manager in Summary. You can:
- Check image optimization history
- Find each image to compress
- Revert images to original
View history
In Image optimization, click View history to see each optimization session, including total optimized images and space saved.