WordPress plugin comparison
Crop Thumbnails vs Image Placeholders
Crop Thumbnails
by Volkmar Kantor
40K+ installs4.6
Image Placeholders
by WordPress Performance Team
60K+ installs3.5
At a glance
- Image Placeholders has more active installs: 60K+, against 40K+ for Crop Thumbnails.
- On a typical day, Image Placeholders is downloaded about 504 times, Crop Thumbnails about 227.
- Crop Thumbnails is rated higher: 4.6 out of 5 from 68 reviews, against 3.5 from 2 reviews.
- Crop Thumbnails was updated more recently: Nov 8, 2026, against Aug 26, 2026 for Image Placeholders.
- Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
- Crop Thumbnails has been around longer: since 2012, against 2023 for Image Placeholders.
Line by line
Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Crop Thumbnails | Image Placeholders |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #808 | #665 |
| Active installs | 40K+ | 60K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 3.9K | 13.9K |
| Rating | 4.6(68) | 3.5(2) |
| Support threads resolved | 100% | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×1.16 | ×0.91 |
| Last release | 2 days ago | 2 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4.0 | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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