WordPress plugin comparison
Disable Animated Subsizes vs Image Placeholders
Disable Animated Subsizes
by Adam Silverstein
Fewer than 10 installs
Image Placeholders
by WordPress Performance Team
60K+ installs3.5
At a glance
- Image Placeholders has more active installs: 60K+, against fewer than 10 for Disable Animated Subsizes.
- On a typical day, Image Placeholders is downloaded about 504 times, Disable Animated Subsizes about 4.
- Disable Animated Subsizes has no reviews yet.
- Disable Animated Subsizes was updated more recently: Oct 26, 2026, against Aug 26, 2026 for Image Placeholders.
- Disable Animated Subsizes is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.2, against 7.1.4 for Image Placeholders.
- Image Placeholders has been around longer: since 2023, against 2026 for Disable Animated Subsizes.
Line by line
Image Placeholders leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Disable Animated Subsizes | Image Placeholders |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #50,898 | #665 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 60K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 92 | 13.9K |
| Rating | No ratings | 3.5(2) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.2 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.05 | ×0.91 |
| Last release | 15 days ago | 2 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 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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