Description #

CompressX Pro supports WP-CLI to facilitate your image optimization process.

With WP-CLI integration, you can easily convert images in your WordPress media library or a specific image to WebP/AVIF format, and delete converted images with a single command.

How to Convert Images using WP-CLI #

Connect to your server via SSH #

Log in to your website server from your preferred terminal.

Access the website root directory #

Use the command below to access the website root directory:

cd /var/www/html/yourdomain.com/wordpress

Scan for unconverted images #

Scan the WordPress media library and find all unconverted images:

wp compressx scan

Convert all images to WebP/AVIF format #

Convert all images in the WordPress media library to WebP/AVIF format:

wp compressx convert

Convert a specific image to WebP/AVIF format #

Convert a specific image to WebP/AVIF format by image ID.

wp compressx convert --type single --image=id

Note:

To find the image ID, in WordPress’s Media Library list view, hover over the image title and look at the URL that appears in the bottom-left corner of the browser window.

The URL will look something like this: ...post=123.... The number after post= is the image ID.

Delete all converted images #

Delete all converted WebP/AVIF images.

wp compressx delete

Delete converted images for a specific image #

Delete all converted WebP/AVIF images for a specific image.

wp compressx delete --type single --image=id