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reduce-jpg-file-size.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
find . -type f \( -name "*.jpg" -o -name "*.jpeg" \) -print0 | xargs -0 mogrify -density 72 -set colorspace Gray -separate -average -strip -interlace Plane -gaussian-blur 10 -quality 1%
find . -name "*.png" -print0 | xargs -0 mogrify -density 72 -colors 4
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monnoval commented Mar 5, 2020 •
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Setup

  1. Install via brew install imagemagick
  2. Create a file reduce-image-file-size.sh inside the folder where images reside (e.g. wordpress/wp-content/uploads)
  3. Run chmod +x reduce-image-file-size.sh
  4. Run ./reduce-image-file-size.sh

Notes

This script does use 100% of your CPU so be aware and careful when running this command

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