How to Optimize Wordpress Website

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May 12, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to reduce image file sizes and speed up your WordPress site.

Quick summary

This tutorial shows how to optimize a WordPress website by configuring media settings and compressing images into WebP format using bulkresizephotos.com. Following these steps can reduce image file sizes by over 90%, directly improving page load speed and Core Web Vitals scores.

Steps

Go to the Settings dashboard, then select Media.
Keep your thumbnail size and set the Medium size and Large size to 0.
Go to bulkresizephotos.com to optimize images.
Click Choose images to upload your desired photo.
Leave your size set to 100% of the original dimensions.
Make sure to select WebP image format.
Set the image quality to 80%.
Click Start to begin the compression process.
Review the results — photos are condensed from 9.3 MB to 480.9 kB, completing the WordPress image optimization.

📌 Why this matters

Optimizing images is one of the most impactful steps you can take to improve WordPress website performance. Uncompressed images bloat page size, slow load times, and hurt search engine rankings — especially on mobile. Converting images to WebP format and setting correct media dimensions in WordPress can reduce file sizes by more than 90%, directly improving Core Web Vitals scores and user experience. This demo gives WordPress site owners a repeatable, no-plugin workflow to achieve faster pages without sacrificing visual quality.

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