# Overview

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**Who can use this feature?**

* This feature is available for all users
* Free plan users can optimize up to 100 images. Pro and Enterprise plan users can optimize unlimited images.
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### What is Image optimization?

Optimizing images helps your site load quickly, pleasing both Google Search and your visitors. Some best practices are: compress images, use descriptive file names, and remember to set alt tags for a solid SEO boost, use image sitemap.

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Learn about [Google image SEO best practices](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/google-images)
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### How does Image optimization help?

Avada SEO Suite Image optimization help you:

* Compress image for a smaller size with the same quality
* Make sure every image have image alt

### How does it work?

1. Go to "Image optimization"
2. In **Settings,** set up your image optimization settings<br>

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3. Set up Image quality \
   You can use auto mode (Automatic, High, Medium, Low quality) or custom quality to compress image size.<br>

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4. Select what images you want to optimize

* All products images: All images of your products (product description's included)
* Published product images and product description's photo

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1. Click Optimize now to start optimizing your images<br>

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If there're lots of pictures in your website, it takes a moment to scan and optimize them all.

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No need to stay in app & wait. You will receive an email from us when this process is finished by setting up [email notification](https://docs.avada.io/seo-suite-help-center/other-features/email-notification).
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### After optimization

When the optimization process is done, you can check your images on store front. \
If you see any change or problem, contact our support team or you can click **Revert** to get back your original version.

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You can check **Summary** and **Performance** to take an overall look on the image optimization.

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To take action on each image, go to [Image optimization manager](https://docs.avada.io/seo-suite-help-center/image-optimization/image-optimization-manager) in Summary.

### View history

In Image optimization, click **View history**.

In history, you can check on each time of image optimization: total optimized image and how much space you saved.

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