WordPress plugin comparison
Disable Responsive Images vs Image Placeholders
Disable Responsive Images
by Joe Fusco
600+ installs5.0
Image Placeholders
by WordPress Performance Team
60K+ installs3.5
At a glance
- Image Placeholders has more active installs: 60K+, against 600+ for Disable Responsive Images.
- On a typical day, Image Placeholders is downloaded about 504 times, Disable Responsive Images about 6.
- Disable Responsive Images is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 16 reviews, against 3.5 from 2 reviews.
- Image Placeholders was updated more recently: Aug 26, 2026, against Jul 19, 2019 for Disable Responsive Images.
- Image Placeholders is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.2.30 for Disable Responsive Images.
- Disable Responsive Images has been around longer: since 2015, against 2023 for Image Placeholders.
Line by line
Image Placeholders leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric | Disable Responsive Images | Image Placeholders |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #8,380 | #665 |
| Active installs | 600+ | 60K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 140 | 13.9K |
| Rating | 5.0(16) | 3.5(2) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 5.2.30 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×0.91 |
| Last release | 7 years ago | 2 months ago |
| Requires PHP | – | 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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