EWWW Image Optimizer

變更記錄

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8.9.0

Release Date – October 13, 2026

• added: option to disable resizing via maximum dimensions on media uploader and in post editor
• fixed: regression in Easy IO handling of style attributes causes HTML entities to be double-encoded
• fixed: PNG metadata not removed when using local optipng
• fixed: images with fetchpriority=”high” do not get skipped by Lazy Load when Picture WebP delivery is enabled
• fixed: duplicate WebP delivery checks run on settings page
• fixed: race condition with some LiteSpeed servers causes incorrect WebP test image to display
• fixed: images too small for thumbnails failed to optimize automatically on upload
• security: yet more hardening against stored XSS attacks, thanks to WPScan for reporting

8.8.0

Release Date – September 24, 2026

• added: quality setting for Premium compression, Premium Plus removed/migrated to quality 77
• fixed: fatal error when fetching remote images via WP Offload Media due to strict type casting
• fixed: multisite file modification outside upload directory
• security: PHP object injection, reported by Karthik Ramakrishnan
• security: further hardening of stored XSS fix, reported by Charles Vosburgh and Intrudify
• security: prevent reflected XSS

8.7.7

Release Date – September 1, 2026

• fixed: LQIP/DCIP inputs not available immediately after Easy IO activation
• security: ensure all CDN image URLs are properly escaped to prevent XSS

8.7.6

Release Date – August 20, 2026

• added: option to disable client-side media processing in WP 7.1, mostly for animated GIF images and indexed (palette) PNG images
• fixed: compatibility with client-side media processing in WP 7.1
• fixed: Easy IO modifies URLs in REST API endpoints used by media uploader in WP 7.1
• fixed: WebP conversion via Imagick throws fatal error when source file goes missing
• fixed: PNG to JPG conversion via API sometimes results in black background for 8-bit images
• fixed: Auto-scaling sometimes makes images too large (or too small) when CSS width is set to auto

8.7.5

Release Date – August 5, 2026

• improved: use WP file access functions wherever possible
• fixed: PHP notices in BuddyPress/BuddyBoss compatibility functions
• removed: PNG to JPG auto-convert for large PNG images

8.7.4

Release Date – July 16, 2026

• security: prevent authenticated XSS

8.7.3

Release Date – July 9, 2026

• added: ewww_image_optimizer_cloud_based_media filter for cloud-based storage plugins to integrate with optimization processes

8.7.2

Release Date – June 10, 2026

• changed: re-test mechanism for background optimization only runs on settings, and improved error reporting for re-testing
• fixed: cross-site image collisions in remote_push/remote_fetch on multisite with S3 Offload plugin, props @earthlingdavey
• fixed: bulk JS enqueued twice

8.7.1

Release Date – June 4, 2026

• fixed: JS/CSS URLs created by WP Rocket are not delivered via Easy IO CDN
• fixed: docs/help links for Image Detective and Max Image Dimensions
• fixed: search during bulk optimization does not pause table updates

8.7.0

Release Date – May 21, 2026

• changed: Linux binaries are now 64-bit for better compatibility with modern servers
• fixed: Image Detective uses incorrect dimensions for auto-sized srcset images
• fixed: size detection for images using native lazy load
• fixed: PHP error adding global Lazy Load exclusion with Image Detective
• updated: jpegtran to version 10
• updated: optipng to version 7.9.1
• updated: gifsicle to version 1.96
• updated: pngquant to version 3.0.4
• updated: cwebp to version 1.6.0

8.6.0

Release Date – May 14, 2026

• added: LCP image detection helper, along with improved UI for Resize Detection which has been renamed to Image Detective
• added: ability to exclude LCP image from Lazy Load
• added: filters for plugins that offload media to cloud storage to integrate with S3 detection for JS/Picture WebP and Lazy Load, props @alessandrocarrera
• changed: Lazy Load and Easy IO scaling thresholds reduced for improved auto-scaling
• fixed: performance regression when Lazy Load checks parent elements for skip-lazy exceptions
• fixed: new uploads checked twice for optimization when Image Regenerate & Select Crop plugin is active
• fixed: incorrect WebP URLs shown in Media Library when naming mode is empty, usually when media is offloaded
• fixed: some front-end options not autoloaded
• fixed: AVIF images rewritten in Force WebP mode

8.5.0

Release Date – April 1, 2026

• changed: foreground/background bulk optimizers merged into common interface on both Settings and Bulk Optimizer pages
• added: option to choose Background or Foreground mode during bulk optimization
• added: Choose whether to include Additional Folders like the theme or other configured folders during bulk optimization
• fixed: some strings in bulk interface not able to be translated properly for RTL locales
• fixed: NextGEN bulk optimizer missing from menu with NextGEN 4.x
• fixed: when media is offloaded, background optimization leaves local copies behind in some rare cases
• fixed: existing images with missing thumbs/sizes do not get properly offloaded by WP Offload Media after bulk optimization
• fixed: list of pending images for bulk optimization sorted incorrectly
• deprecated: direct support for GRAND FlaGallery will be removed soon, use Folders to Optimize setting instead
• deprecated: direct support for NextCellent Gallery will be removed soon, use Folders to Optimize setting instead

8.4.1

Release Date – February 19, 2026

• fixed: PHP warnings with offloaded media in the Media Library
• fixed: WebP naming mode unable to be changed on Cloudflare sites
• fixed: incorrect WebP paths generated for images in root of S3 buckets (S3 Image Optimizer compat)
• fixed: JS/Picture WebP uses incorrect URLs after naming mode is changed and existing .webp files have not been renamed

8.4.0

Release Date – February 11, 2026

• added: ability to choose append or replace for naming of WebP images, props @adamewww
• added: detection for GoDaddy managed WP hosting
• improved: WebP renaming tool for converting from replacement naming to append and vice versa
• fixed: WebP deletion tool does not update database records, props @adamewww
• fixed: Lazy Load setting does not detect presence of Easy IO plugin
• fixed: Easy IO domain not reset after site URL is updated
• fixed: PHP warnings and notices

8.3.1

Release Date – December 4, 2025

• changed: prevent use of deprecated seems_utf8() function on WP 6.9+
• fixed: Lazy Load auto-sizing makes images too small when screen size changes
• fixed: failure to decode CSS background images contained in encoded quotes (‘)

8.3.0

Release Date – November 19, 2025

• added: Lazy Load support for background images in external CSS files
• added: View CDN bandwidth usage on settings page
• changed: Lazy Load checks parent element for skip-lazy class
• changed: Lazy Load auto-sizing honors High DPI setting
• changed: Easy IO fills in 450px wide image when responsive (srcset) images have a gap
• changed: Easy IO premium setting moved to zone configuration at https://ewww.io/manage-sites/
• improved: Lazy Load performance when searching for img elements
• improved: Lazy Load placeholder generation is faster and works better with Safari
• fixed: Lazy Load for iframes breaks WP Remote Users Sync plugin
• fixed: PHP warning when attempting conversion of custom thumbnails from certain themes

8.2.1

Release Date – August 27, 2025

• added: filters for cloud storage plugin integration
• fixed: Easy IO misses some preload links
• fixed: PHP error when API quota is exhausted during single image optimization

8.2.0

Release Date – July 15, 2025

• added: JS WebP support for HTML elements/tags added via eio_allowed_background_image_elements filter
• added: Easy IO support for dynamic cropping (crop=1) on WordPress.com sites
• changed: use native ImageMagick methods to detect, and correct, paletted PNG thumbnails
• changed: use authoritative classmap via composer to speed up autoloader, props @nlemoine
• changed: streamlined admin notices
• fixed: indexed PNG thumbnails with 8-bit alpha are distorted by quantization
• fixed: PHP warnings related to HTML parsing
• fixed: missing ImageMagick information on Site Health screen
• fixed: PHP warnings when link URLs contain special regex characters

Earlier versions

Please refer to the separate changelog.txt file.