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Instant Images · Version history

Instant Images changelog and version history

Latest version
7.2.0
Jun 1, 2026 (5 months ago)
Releases
54
since 2017
In the last year
5
about one every 28 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8

Releases each year

  • 20174 releases
  • 20184 releases
  • 20194 releases
  • 20203 releases
  • 20216 releases
  • 20226 releases
  • 202313 releases
  • 20247 releases
  • 20252 releases
  • 20265 releases

20265 releases

  1. Instant Images 7.2.0Latest

    • UPDATE: Added updates for WordPress 7.0 release.
    • UPDATE: Package updates and code refactoring.

  2. Instant Images 7.1.1

    • FIX: Fixed issue with Gif uploads and resizing causing gifs to not be animated.

  3. Instant Images 7.1.0.1

    • HOTFIX: Added fix for potential fatal error in PHP < 8.0 due to use of null safe operator.

  4. Instant Images 7.1.0

    • NEW: Added new feature to allow for disabling and reordering of the image providers.
    • FIX: Fixed issue with image resize not working with Pixabay and Giphy. This is resolved by using the core WordPress image editor to resize images before upload to media library.
    • UPDATE: Admin UI/UX throughout plugin.

  5. Instant Images 7.0.3

    • NEW: Added new instant_images_save_post_meta filter that allows users to disable saving Instant Images data as post meta on the attachment. By default this is enabled and saves the image provider and original image URL as post meta for each uploaded image.
    • UPDATE: Updated plugin version and WP compatibility.
    • UPDATE: Updated all plugin dependencies and packages.

20252 releases

  1. Instant Images 7.0.2

    • FIX: Fixed issue with load_plugin_textdomain PHP warning.
    • UPDATE: Added support up to WP 6.8.
    • UPDATE: Bumped required WP version to 6.0.

  2. Instant Images 7.0.1

    • FIX: Fixed issue with Instant Images causing issues on Search and Filter (Plugin) pages within the WordPress admin.

20247 releases

  1. Instant Images 7.0.0

    • NEW: Added Giphy integration!
    • NEW: Added Image Size functionality to Instant Images settings.
    • NEW: Added required functionality to add image size with the Extended add-on.
    • FIX: Fixed potential issue with image file extensions being incorrect for png and jpeg files.
    • FIX: Fixed issue with Extended add-on search history and indexing ID searches.
    • FIX: Fixed issue with new WooCommerce product screens throwing JS errors and causing the page to load as a white screen.
    • UPDATE: Updated Unsplash image filters as their API was updated recently.
    • UPDATE: Updated all plugin NPM dependencies and packages.
    • UPDATE: Various UI and UX improvements.

  2. Instant Images 6.2.3

    • HOTFIX: Removed .wp-block styles in Instant Images CSS.

  3. Instant Images 6.2.2

  4. Instant Images 6.2.1

    • NEW: Added support for new Extended add-on feature to maintain search term when switching providers.
    • UPDATE: WordPress 6.7 compatibility updates.
    • UPDATE: Various UI/UX updates throughout the app.
    • UPDATE: Dependancy updates.

  5. Instant Images 6.2.0

  6. Instant Images 6.1.2

    • FIX: Fixed issue with Openverse search not working due to plugin error.
    • UPDATE: WordPress 6.5 compatibility updates.

  7. Instant Images 6.1.1

    • FIX: Various security patches.
    • FIX: Fixed issue with permissions for accessing Instant Images settings.

202313 releases

  1. Instant Images 6.1.0

    • NEW: Adding localization for all image provider filters.
    • FIX: Fixed issue with CSS classname conflict with other plugins.
    • FIX: Fixed issue with search results saying 0 Results found when there were results.
    • UPDATE: Various UI/UX updates throughout the app.

  2. Instant Images 6.0.1

    • FIX: Fixed issue with admin_footer_text hook incorrectly echoing data in the WP admin.
    • UPDATE: Various code, UX and UI updates throughout the app.
    • UPDATE: Updates Requires at least version to 5.0 as plugin relies on Gutenberg editor scripts.
    • NEW: Added hook for modifying the image attribution text. add_filter( 'instant_images_attribution', function() { return __( 'This <a href="{image_url}">photo</a> is by <a href="{user_url}">{username}</a> and available for free on <a href="{provider_url}">{provider}</a>', 'framework' ); } );

  3. Instant Images 6.0.0

    • NEW: Added support and functionality requirements for Instant Images: Extended add-on.
    • UPDATE: Improved infinite scroll loading and animations.
    • UPDATE: Improved error handling for API keys with session data.
    • UPDATE: UX and UI updates throughout the app.
    • UPDATE: Code cleanup and various refactoring.
    • UPDATE: Various accessibility updates throughout the app.
    • FIX: Fixed issue with Instant Images header CSS conflicting with GeneratePress.

  4. Instant Images 5.3.1

    • UPDATE: Updated default user role to manage_options on the Instant Images settings page.
    • NEW: Added new instant_images_settings_user_role hook to adjust the user role for the Instant Images settings page.
    • FIX: Adding fix for error on Site Editor screen when using a FSE theme.

  5. Instant Images 5.3.0

    • NEW: Added new standalone Instant Images settings page and added new settings fields.
    • NEW: Added initial support for upcoming Instant Images Pro plugin.
    • FIX: Fixed issue with missing createRoot function in WP < 6.2 that would cause Instant Images to fail to load.
    • UPDATE: General styling and UI updates throughout app.

  6. Instant Images 5.2.1

    • UPDATE: Adds sessionStorage for storing API results in browser session to reduce proxy usage and API requests. Session data is stored for 1 hour.
    • UPDATE: Cleans up Openverse sources to include WordPress, Flickr, Nasa, SpaceX and Wikimedia only.
    • UPDATE: Updates security check to match on expected URLs before an upload is processed.
    • FIX: Removes StockSnap from Openverse as images are being blocked on upload to the media library.
    • UPDATE: Various code cleanup and tweaks.

  7. Instant Images 5.2.0.2

    • HOTFIX: Fix for fatal compatibility error with Elementor Pro.

  8. Instant Images 5.2.0.1

    • HOTFIX: Quick fix for potential fatal error on the frontend for Beaver Builder users. Fixed by wrapping function check in is_admin().

  9. Instant Images 5.2.0

    • NEW: Added new setting to automatically add image attribution as captions.
    • NEW: Adding mime type checking based on current allowed uploads.
    • UPDATE: Updated instant_images_after_upload hook to pass additional image data.
    • UPDATE: Added sizes filter to openverse search.
    • UPDATE: Added Wikimedia filter to openverse sources.
    • UPDATE: Code refactoring and build process updates.

  10. Instant Images 5.1.0.2

    • HOTFIX: Security fix to prevent SSRF/misuse of download functionality.

  11. Instant Images 5.1.0.1

    • HOTFIX: Fixed issue with mime type check not always working correctly. Reverted change for now.
    • UPDATE: Pexels is using the Proxy server again after fixing the caching issues.

  12. Instant Images 5.1.0

    • NEW: Added Openverse support.
    • NEW: Added Description field to save data into the Post Content WP field.
    • NEW: Added mime type checker to make sure the file type is allowed before uploading.
    • UPDATE: Better attribution handling.
    • UPDATE: Various admin UI/UX tweaks and updated.

  13. Instant Images 5.0.1

    • HOTFIX: Adding a temporary hotfix to patch issues with the Pexels API and the Instant Images Proxy server. Note: This fix is still not perfect but the integration is working again when a valid API is present.

20226 releases

  1. Instant Images 5.0

  2. Instant Images 4.6.3

  3. Instant Images 4.6.2

  4. Instant Images 4.6.1

  5. Instant Images 4.6.0.1

  6. Instant Images 4.6.0

20216 releases

  1. Instant Images 4.5.1

  2. Instant Images 4.5.0

  3. Instant Images 4.4.0.3

  4. Instant Images 4.4.0.2

  5. Instant Images 4.4.0.1

  6. Instant Images 4.4.0

20203 releases

  1. Instant Images 4.3.2

  2. Instant Images 4.3.1

  3. Instant Images 4.2.0

20194 releases

  1. Instant Images 4.1.0

  2. Instant Images 4.0.1

  3. Instant Images 3.3.0

  4. Instant Images 3.2.1

20184 releases

  1. Instant Images 3.2

  2. Instant Images 3.1.1

  3. Instant Images 3.1

  4. Instant Images 3.0

20174 releases

  1. Instant Images 2.1.1

  2. Instant Images 2.1

  3. Instant Images 2.0.1

  4. Instant Images 2.0

Questions about Instant Images’s releases

What is the latest version of Instant Images?

7.2.0, released on Jun 1, 2026 (5 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8.

How often is Instant Images updated?

5 releases in the last year, about one every 28 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from January 2017.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Instant Images’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.