TinyPNG module just calls the functions of the secondary toolkit in the background but in the last step it sends the image to the TinyPNG API to compress it. The secondary toolkit could be the core GD or the ImageMagick toolkit provided by ImageMagick module. Drupal 7 How does it work?įor Drupal 7 this module creates a new ImageToolkit which uses other toolkits in the background. When this mode is enabled you can add TinyPNG effect to any of your image styles. With Enable TinyPNG image action mode you will have the opportunity to keep your original image untouched and select the image styles you want to compress. With Compress on upload mode you will compress images when they are uploaded. On the same page you can select the mode you want to compress images. Having installed the module, go to /admin/config/tinypng page and set your TinyPNG API key. Note: we are assuming that you have a Composer based Drupal installation, where the docroot (usually called Configuration

Enable as you would normally install a contributed Drupal module.

Please use composer to install TinyPNG for Drupal8 or 9! Installation Manual installation is not supported for Drupal 8/9 version of TinyPng. įor more information about TinyPNG please visit. For more information about TinyPNG please visit. It will use less bandwidth and load faster.

Use TinyPNG to shrink images for your apps and sites. The format uses compression, but the files still can be large. PNG is useful because it's the only widely supported format that can store partially transparent images. The effect is nearly invisible but it makes a very large difference in file size! Why should I use TinyPNG? By selectively decreasing the number of colors in the image, fewer bytes are required to store the data.

TinyPNG uses smart lossy compression techniques to reduce the file size of your PNG files.

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