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Best compress images plugins for WordPress

The most popular compress images plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Smush leads with 1M+ active installs, ahead of Imagify Image Optimization (900K+) and Converter for Media (500K+). All 70 plugins tagged “compress images” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

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Top 10 compress images plugins

  1. 1.
    Smush

    The most installed compress images plugin, with 1M+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 6,053 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  2. 2.
    Imagify Image Optimization

    900K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 1,657 reviews, updated 4 days ago.

  3. 3.
    Converter for Media

    500K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,108 reviews, updated 4 days ago.

  4. 4.
    ShortPixel Image Optimizer

    300K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 830 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  5. 5.
    Optimole

    200K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 640 reviews, updated 5 days ago.

  6. 6.
    TinyPNG Image Optimization

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 181 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  7. 7.
    Robin Image Optimizer

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 132 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  8. 8.
    QODE Optimizer

    30K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.

  9. 9.
    ThumbPress

    20K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 119 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  10. 10.
    Compress, Resize & Lazy Load Images

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 7 reviews, updated 5 months ago.

All 70 plugins tagged “compress images”