To anyone who faces the same issue, the problem was caused by WP Smush. Once we deactivated it, images were uploaded within seconds. We use nginx and gzip is doing the necessary compression anyway.
Kind Regards
To anyone who faces the same issue, the problem was caused by WP Smush. Once we deactivated it, images were uploaded within seconds. We use nginx and gzip is doing the necessary compression anyway.
Kind Regards