Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN

4.2.0 ( 2026-07-06 )

New: Full RTL language support across all Smush pages, modals, and UI components

Improvement: Improved bulk smush process reliability using atomic operations instead of MySQL locks

Improvement: Bulk smush health checks now run via Ajax for faster stall detection

Improvement: Visual feedback shown when the optimization process has stalled

Improvement: Updated Lazy Load exclusions UI/UX

Improvement: Missing feature notices implemented throughout the plugin

Improvement: Tooltips now displayed even when a feature is disabled

Improvement: Rescan only required when setting changes create new savings opportunities

Improvement: Translation improvements and fixes

Improvement: Removed unused code

Fix: Lazy load iframe causing issues with the browser back button

Fix: Smush failing to detect existing Hub connection when WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin is installed first

Fix: Site title missing in Bulk Smush completed email notifications

Fix: Progress bar infinite loop

Fix: Scan stuck at 0% and bulk smush freezing issues

4.1.2 ( 2026-06-22 )

Improvement: UX improvements

4.1.1 ( 2026-06-11 )

Improvement: Stability improvements and minor bug fixes

4.1.0 ( 2026-06-01 )

Improvement: Added notice when images fail to optimize

Improvement: CDN generating long database queries resulting in broken images

Improvement: Prevented unnecessary settings save and notification when blurring an empty textarea

Improvement: UI and UX improvements

Fix: Configs created i