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WP Offload Media 3.1 improves performance for large sites and multisites while also setting the stage for new ways to monitor and manage offloaded media in the upcoming release of version 3.2.
⚡️ More Efficient Offloading
When a new image is uploaded to the Media Library, WordPress generates multiple image sizes—Thumbnail, Medium, Medium Large, and Large—in addition to other image sizes registered by themes or plugins. Any inefficiency in the processing of these images becomes increasingly harmful to performance as the media library grows, so we thought it deserved a closer look.