Compress JPEG Images for Ghost

Ghost is a professional publishing platform focused on performance. Optimized images are critical for Ghost sites to achieve excellent Core Web Vitals scores and SEO rankings. The most widely used lossy image format, ideal for photographs and complex images with millions of colors. Use ImageSmith to compress your JPEG images to the ideal file size for Ghost — target under 2,000KB for optimal performance. Processing is fully browser-based — no server uploads, no privacy risk.

Recommended format

WebP

Max file size

2,000KB

Dimensions

1200×900 for post feature images, 600px wide for inline

Ghost natively supports WebP — use it for 25–35% smaller files
Feature images display prominently — use high-quality source files
Target under 200KB for article images and under 100KB for thumbnails
Ghost generates responsive image srcsets automatically from your uploads

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