As of April 2026, Disable Native Image Compression is a WordPress images plugin with 40 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.2+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Autoptimize.
In WordPress 5.3, When an image is uploaded that exceeds the 2560px, a new “full” size image is generated. This image is compressed and used instead of the true original image.
This plugin disables the image threshold and keeps the originally uploaded image as the full size.
| WordPress | 5.2+ requiredTested up to 5.3.21 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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