How to compress image before inserting to wordpress using wp_insert_attachment function?

No, at the point where the wordpress functions are being invoked it is too late to worry about the upload time as the file was already uploaded.

If you want to make the file smaller before it is uploaded you will have ti write your own code to do it in JS.

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