Kraken Image Optimisation

This module will optimise all images uploaded to products pages & CMS pages through Kraken, saving vital disk space and increasing page load speeds.

You can optimise existing images using the bin/magento gene:kraken:optimise [directory] [skipcache] command. Be sure to take a backup of the directory first as the module will overwrite the existing files. Cache files are included by default.

Support

This module is provided as open source with no support provided.

Requirements

1. A Kraken account
2. Magento 2.1 and 2.2+ and 2.3+ Commerce/OpenSource

Setup Guide

1. Create an account on Kraken
2. Retrieve your API Credentials from the Kraken web interface
3. Install this module using the command composer require gene/module-kraken
4. Run bin/magento setup:upgrade
5. In the Magento admin, navigate to Stores -> Settings -> Configuration -> GENE Commerce -> Kraken.
6. Enter your API Credentials from step 2 and select "Yes" for the "Enable Kraken Image Optimisation" option.
7. Save your configuration and flush the Magento config cache

How does it work?

The core Magento class Magento\Framework\File\Uploader is overriden in order to send any uploaded images (in their temporary storage state) to Kraken for optimisation (code reference). This ensures any subsequent resizing by the Magento platform is done on the optimised image.

If Kraken does not return a valid response, the error is logged to the core Magento log files. Equally if Kraken does not return a response within 30 seconds the optimisation will be skipped. In all instances, the module fails gracefully in order to ensure the image is still uploaded.

Authors

This module was built by GENE Commerce.

• Aidan Threadgold (Lead Developer)