𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝟵𝟬% 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻

𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝟵𝟬% 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻

Large images slow your website. They hurt your SEO rankings. They ruin the user experience.

I built a tool to fix this. It converts PNG files to WebP format. I used Python and the Pillow library.

The results:

• Original PNG: 1.23 MB.
• Optimized WebP: 55 KB.
• This is a 95% reduction.

WebP offers several advantages:

• Smaller file sizes.
• High visual quality.
• Transparency support.
• Wide browser support.

I stored the metadata in PostgreSQL. I also made a Windows .exe file. Now anyone on my team runs it with one click. No Python install is needed.

Your website wins when you optimize images:

• Page load speeds increase.
• Server storage costs drop.
• Bandwidth use goes down.
• Core Web Vitals improve.

Stop using large PNGs. Switch to WebP to improve your performance.

Source: https://dev.to/tarun6208/how-i-reduced-png-image-size-by-90-using-pillow-and-webp-mb6