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Find large images in wp-content/uploads

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find /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/wp-content/uploads -type f \( -iname '*.jpg' -o -iname '*.jpeg' -o -iname '*.png' -o -iname '*.gif' -o -iname '*.webp' \) -size +500k -printf '%s\t%p\n' | sort -rn | head -50 | numfmt --field=1 --to=iec

Searches for all images above the minimum size in kilobytes and shows the 50 largest with size and path. Typical candidates are unedited camera photos and photos saved as PNG, which hurt load time and LCP. The list is a good starting point for compression or resizing.

Note: WordPress generates several sizes for each upload, what matters is which variant the page actually serves.

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Convert images to WebP recursively

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Optimize JPEG images losslessly with jpegoptim

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Optimize PNG images losslessly with optipng

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Find PHP files in the WordPress uploads folder

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Set all directories to 755 recursively

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