# Optional image optimization before upload

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-image-optimization-before-upload/187656>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** rfc\
**Created:** [April 21, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-image-optimization-before-upload/187656 "2021-04-21T17:12:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![AdamAndrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@AdamAndrews](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamAndrews)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-image-optimization-before-upload/187656/5 "2021-05-28T19:58:44Z")

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It would be useful to have this as an admin option to enable where anything that exceeds site’s dimension/size settings gets automatically compressed. For more image intensive sites wouldn’t want this on all the time, but instead to cover use cases where less savvy users don’t need to worry about resizing.

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