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Working with WebP images

Category: Image Optimizers

Flying Pigs makes WebP copies in your browser, for the original and for every size you choose in the Sizes panel. It is on by default at quality 75, effort 3 (set in the Media panel), and a WebP that ...

Working with AVIF images

Category: Image Optimizers

Flying Pigs can add AVIF copies in your browser, for the original and every size you choose. AVIF is off by default. Turn on Add AVIF in the Media panel, where it has its own quality and effort settin...

Getting started with Flying Pigs

Category: Getting Started

Install Flying Pigs Free: in WordPress, go to Plugins > Add New, search for Flying Pigs Uploader, then install and activate it. Or get it from WordPress.org. Flying Pigs Pro: download the Pro plug...

Overwrite Compatibility

Category: Plugin Compatibility

Overwrite is a Pro feature. Turn on Overwrite existing files in the run options, re-upload a file with the same name, and it replaces the existing media library entry at the same URLs and the same att...

Network Errors

Category: Errors

A network error is an upload request that failed on the way: a timeout, a dropped connection, a proxy or Cloudflare error, or a busy server answering 503, 429 or 508. It is about the connection, not t...

Upload Issues (File Upload Errors)

Category: Errors

An upload issue is a problem with one file. It is different from a network error: the connection was fine, but this file could not be uploaded. Where to see them When a file fails, an Upload issues bu...

The Media and Sizes panels

Category: General

Two panels under Settings on the Media > Flying Pigs Uploader page decide what each upload becomes. Media sets how the photo itself is treated. Sizes sets which image sizes are made, and which of t...

Image engine could not start (fallback mode)

Category: Errors

Flying Pigs does its image work in your browser with a built-in image engine. On most computers it simply runs. When it cannot, the page does not give up: it switches to fallback mode, uploads your or...

Your Flying Pigs Pro license

Category: Getting Started

Flying Pigs Pro needs an active license for the site it runs on. The license unlocks uploads and the Pro tools, and brings Pro updates to your Plugins page. This article covers activating it, moving i...

Photos onto WooCommerce products by SKU

Category: General

Flying Pigs Pro can put your photos straight onto your WooCommerce products as they upload. Name each photo after its product's SKU, switch on one option, and drop the photos. Each one joins its produ...

Using the watermark maker

Category: General

Your originals stay clean. The watermark is applied only to the images that are uploaded to your site. The photos on your computer are never changed, so you always keep an unmarked copy. Flying Pigs P...

How Flying Pigs saves your settings

Category: General

Flying Pigs saves your choices as you make them. There is no Save button. What you change is kept in one of three places, depending on what it is. For the whole site: the settings panels The Media, Si...