WordPress plugin comparison

Images Optimize and Upload CF7 vs Modern Image Formats

Images Optimize and Upload CF7

by Damir Akhmedshin

700+ installs4.8

Modern Image Formats

by WordPress Performance Team

100K+ installs3.6

At a glance

Modern Image Formats has more active installs: 100K+, against 700+ for Images Optimize and Upload CF7.
On a typical day, Modern Image Formats is downloaded about 1,084 times, Images Optimize and Upload CF7 about 15.
Images Optimize and Upload CF7 is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 14 reviews, against 3.6 from 26 reviews.
Modern Image Formats was updated more recently: Aug 26, 2026, against Jun 23, 2026 for Images Optimize and Upload CF7.
Modern Image Formats resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 0% for Images Optimize and Upload CF7.
Modern Image Formats is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 7.0.8 for Images Optimize and Upload CF7.
Images Optimize and Upload CF7 has been around longer: since 2019, against 2023 for Modern Image Formats.

Modern Image Formats leads on 7 of 8 comparable lines.

Metric	Images Optimize and Upload CF7	Modern Image Formats
Popular rank	#7,960	#355
Active installs	700+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	351	29.4K
Rating	4.8(14)	3.6(26)
Support threads resolved	0%	100%
Tested up to	7.0.8	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.58	×1.15
Last release	4 months ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	5.2	7.4

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