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This PR implements background optimization. It uses workers which start via a loopback through wp_remote_post. Queueing is based on meta data on each attachment.

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What this bring us?
A user with a lot of images in their library can compress, grab a coffee and come back with all their images compressed. Besides this, we will not have client interference when optimising many images which makes the compression more predictable.

Decisions

  • When loopback is not supported (WAF, Basic Auth, Docker Networking) it will use the existing on page compression
  • Logout of the current user will cancel the queue
  • Why not WP-Cron or Action Scheduler?
    • WP Cron will only pick up one image for each run. We need a queueing mechanism for this.
    • Action Scheduler requires a lot of dependencies. This approach is leaner and is supported in PHP 5.2

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tiny-compress-images-7a3e7a4.zip

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  • New Features
    • Bulk image optimization can run in the background, with progress and individual results updating as images are processed.
    • Active optimizations continue after you refresh the page, and you can cancel a queue from the bulk optimization page.
    • When background processing is unavailable, optimization runs while the page remains open.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Failed images and images canceled when the optimizer reaches its limit are reported individually, rather than left pending.

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Bulk image optimization now uses a server-side queue and asynchronous workers. New endpoints start, report, and cancel queue work. The admin interface polls results and can resume polling for a running queue.

Changes: Bulk optimization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Queue state and initialization
src/class-tiny-background-optimize.php, src/class-tiny-plugin.php, tiny-compress-images.php, test/unit/TinyBackgroundOptimizeTest.php
The optimizer tracks queued, processing, done, and failed attachments. It normalizes and deduplicates IDs, stores results, and checks loopback support. The plugin loads and initializes the optimizer. Unit tests cover queue setup and cleanup.
Worker execution and compression
src/class-tiny-background-optimize.php, test/unit/TinyBackgroundOptimizeTest.php
Workers claim queued attachments, compress them, save results, and update attachment metadata. Worker requests use the admin AJAX URL and current-user cookies. Unit tests cover worker startup, requests, and work outcomes.
Queue endpoints and result formatting
src/class-tiny-plugin.php, test/unit/TinyPluginAjaxTest.php
The plugin adds start, optimize-next, status, and cancel endpoints. Status responses include formatted image results and library-size updates. Tests check nonce and permission failures.
Admin polling and worker fallback
src/js/bulk-optimization.js, src/views/bulk-optimization.php, src/views/bulk-optimization-form.php, src/class-tiny-plugin.php, test/fixtures/class-tiny-config.php, test/integration/*, test/helpers/wordpress.php
The admin script starts or resumes queue polling, requests status for up to 10 items, and sends cancellation requests. It starts page workers when background processing is unavailable. The view passes the running state. Integration tests cover background progress, no-loopback processing, refresh, cancellation, and credit limits.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Admin_Browser
  participant Tiny_Plugin
  participant Tiny_Background_Optimize
  participant Attachment_Metadata
  Admin_Browser->>Tiny_Plugin: start queue or request status
  Tiny_Plugin->>Tiny_Background_Optimize: queue attachments or read results
  Tiny_Background_Optimize->>Attachment_Metadata: claim and compress attachment
  Tiny_Background_Optimize-->>Tiny_Plugin: return status and compression result
  Tiny_Plugin-->>Admin_Browser: return formatted items and running state
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A failed worker request can leave images queued without processing, and revoking a user’s upload permission does not stop their existing worker requests. Resolve these issues before merging unless the risks are explicitly accepted.

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- Around line 151-154: Add a targeted PHPCS ignore immediately before the
`$_POST['key']` read in the worker handler, naming the nonce-verification rule
and noting that this logged-out loopback request is authenticated by the
`wp_hash` key check.
- Around line 178-179: Remove the redundant blank line and trailing whitespace
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- Around line 174-192: Update restart_stalled_workers to track when each item
began processing and mark only items exceeding the stall limit as failed. For
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- Around line 299-300: Update the worker’s final writes so the status changes
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- Line 117: Update is_running() so unfinished processing attachments keep the
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when no worker remains active, using the existing queue and worker mechanisms.
- Line 204: Update the worker dispatch flow that sets WORKER_TRANSIENT so it
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220-222: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

is_running() reports false while the last attachments are still processing.

When a worker finds no queued attachment, work() deletes its transient at Line 293. Consider the end of a run. Workers 1–4 find the queue empty and delete their transients. Worker 5 is still compressing, so its transient is set. Its transient has a 300-second TTL from when it started. If that compression takes longer than 300 seconds, has_active_workers() returns false, but the attachment status is still processing. The status poll then labels the row "Stopped" and shows "Optimization stopped early.", although the image finishes later. This finding is narrower than the earlier transient-expiry comment, and the maintainer accepted a run ending when all workers stop. Treat it as a minor UI mismatch: refresh the worker transient during long compressions, or let processing items keep the run alive for a bounded time.

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- Around line 220-222: Update the worker lifecycle used by is_running() so a
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