apImage — WordPress Image Optimization

Image performance proven on working publications

apImage

Local-first WordPress image optimization with measurable visual quality, automatic LCP delivery, modern formats, broad compatibility, and no mandatory proprietary CDN.

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42.0%Smaller concert image
42.5%Smaller marching-band image
Five rivalsComparable benchmark slots
Your stackLocal or optional Cloudflare
Published production evidence

Before and after, measured on real news sites

These are direct byte measurements from production images on August 7, 2026—not estimates, synthetic marketing scores, or results borrowed from another site.

MMR Magazine — Live Concert Detail

42.0% smaller
Original Sarah McLachlan concert JPEG used in the apImage benchmark
Before — 212,077-byte JPEG
Sarah McLachlan concert image optimized by apImage
After — 122,986-byte WebP

The same 1381×892 concert photograph retains faces, lighting gradients, haze, rigging, and fine stage detail. At quality 60, the verified comparison scored 38.727 dB PSNR and 0.99798 SSIM.

View the tested MMR article

SBO+ — Marching Band Detail

42.5% smaller
Original Vero Beach High School marching band camp JPEG used in the apImage benchmark
Before — 110,838-byte JPEG
Vero Beach High School marching band camp image optimized by apImage
After — 63,740-byte WebP

The same 1200×630 marching-band photograph retains faces, drums, uniforms, grass texture, sunlight, and fine background detail. At quality 60, the verified comparison scored 38.711 dB PSNR and 0.99881 SSIM.

View the tested SBO+ article

Competitor benchmark integrity: apImage includes fixed comparison rows for ShortPixel, Optimole, Imagify, EWWW, and Smush, measuring bytes, reduction, PSNR, and SSIM against the same source. It reports “candidate output required” until a real output from that competitor is supplied; it never invents a rival’s result.
A complete image operations layer

More than a Media Library compressor

1

Quality Benchmark Laboratory

Run quality sweeps and compare byte size, reduction, PSNR, and SSIM with outputs from five leading competitors.

2

LCP-Aware Delivery

Detect the priority image, emit preload hints, add fetch priority, generate dimensions, and preserve lazy loading below the fold.

3

Beyond the Media Library

Process inline backgrounds, CSS images, raw upload markup, and approved directories under WordPress.

4

Modern and Special Formats

Create WebP and AVIF derivatives, preserve animated GIFs as animated WebP, optionally generate MP4, sanitize SVG, and preview PDFs.

5

WordPress Ecosystem Support

Compatibility paths for multisite, WP Offload Media, WooCommerce, Gutenberg, Elementor, Beaver Builder, and Divi.

6

Optional Cloudflare Delivery

Use your own Cloudflare pull hostname when useful. Local origin delivery remains the default; there is no mandatory CDN lock-in.

7

Optional Visual AI

Suggest alt text, captions, and focal coordinates with local Ollama, Ollama Cloud, or an OpenAI-compatible frontier endpoint.

8

Safe Operational Controls

Bounded directories, source-size limits, conservative defaults, compatibility diagnostics, sidecar metadata, and a command-line interface.

9

Your Images Stay Yours

Optimization works without AI, SaaS metering, seat licenses, or a proprietary delivery network.

Every feature in every plan

Simple annual pricing

One Site

$79
per year
  • Every apImage feature
  • One installation
  • Licensed updates
  • One year of support
  • 14-day guarantee

Buy One Site

Five Sites

$149
per year
  • Every feature
  • Five activations
  • Client or organization sites
  • Updates and support

Buy Five Sites

Unlimited

$299
per year
  • Every feature
  • Unlimited owned or client sites
  • Agency-friendly licensing
  • Updates and support

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