Let's bring image optimization into Drupal Core

Created on 30 October 2018, over 6 years ago

Updated 21 March 2024, over 1 year ago

I'd really like to see us bring a module like TinyPNG → , Images Optimizer → or Image Optimize → into Drupal Core.

I realize the many problems of tying in an external service, so really just want that type of basic processing that any image should have when it is uploaded to the web. It has to respect FOAF info of the file and be lossless. Would need to be able to be overridden in case there are problems. But most images uploaded to the web should be compressed first and most content authors don't do this or don't do it consistently.

There are great resources out there about why this is important for our planet https://serving.green/

There are terrific books on the subject (which I've contributed a bit to).

I've blogged a bit about approaches for Drupal here https://openconcept.ca/blog/mike/tips-sustainable-drupal-7-8-website

There's a really good tool to evaluate the carbon impact of your site here https://www.websitecarbon.com/

Even just from a financial point of view, this is costing users a ot https://whatdoesmysitecost.com/

Google's also making it much more important from an SEO perspective.

There are good summaries of best practices from PreviousNext. There's also stuff to be learned from WordPress.

Let's do what we can to bring in sustainability best practices into Drupal.

✨ Feature request

Status

Active

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

Image system →

Last updated about 7 hours ago

Maintained by
🇷🇴Romania @claudiu.cristea

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🇨🇦Canada mgifford Ottawa, Ontario

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It affects performance. It is often combined with the Needs profiling tag.

TinyPNG

Fast By Default

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Looking back at this issue now.

ImageAPI Optimize → looks quite flexible, it will work for D10 & 11 but does require another 3rd party system. It would be interesting to see if that could be incorporated into Drupal CMS but unsure if it would be a good candidate for Core. Image optimization should be easy, but building in a 3rd party into Core would be a problem (not matter which one).

Imagemagick → could also do the trick, and has more installs.

Some MIT projects that might be worth looking at:

Spatie’s Image Optimizer (PHP)

Gulp-Imagemin for JS-based workflows

(JS)

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