TinyPNG – Deleting a Translated Image Deletes the WebP File of the Original Image

Overview of the Issue

When you use TinyPNG to convert your images to WebP and you permanently delete a translated copy of an image, TinyPNG also deletes the WebP file of the original image.

WPML Media Translation gives each language its own copy of the image, and all copies use the same files. WPML keeps the files when you delete a copy, because the original image still uses them. TinyPNG deletes the converted files anyway. Pages in the original language then show the JPEG or PNG image instead of the WebP image, and TinyPNG still marks the original image as converted.

Workaround

Until TinyPNG fixes this issue:

• Do not delete a translated image permanently while the original image is in use.
• If you already deleted a translated image, go to Media → Library, open the original image, and compress and convert it again.

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