Best credits plugins for WordPress
The most popular credits plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. FSM Custom Featured Image Caption leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of Image Source Control Lite (3K+) and Footer Credits (1K+). All 23 plugins tagged “credits” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 credits plugins
- 1.
FSM Custom Featured Image CaptionThe most installed credits plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 22 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.Image Source Control Lite
3K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 42 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.Footer Credits
1K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 4.
GamiPress300+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 5.Better Image Credits
200+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 6.
GamiPress200+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
Image Credits nofollow100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
Acknowledgify100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 9.WordPoints
100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 31 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 10.
Image Source Overlay50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
All 23 plugins tagged “credits”

FSM Custom Featured Image Caption
Up in the last 7 days:14#3,175by Fesomia6 months ago
Allows adding custom captions to the featured images of the posts.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.6(22)
- Downloads
- 42/day
Image Source Control Lite
Down in the last 7 days:13#4,114by Thomas Maier2 months ago
Show image credits, image captions, and copyrights. Manage image sources, licenses and AI label. The original plugin since 2012.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.6(42)
- Downloads
- 53/day
Footer Credits
Down in the last 7 days:25#6,768by Cedaro2 years ago
A Customizer control to make footer credits editable.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

GamiPress
Down in the last 7 days:132#10,026by Ruben Garcia4 months ago
Award points based on WooCommerce purchase total.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day
Better Image Credits
Up in the last 7 days:75#11,301by Claude Vedovini6 years ago
This plugin adds credits, link and license fields to media uploads and offer several options to display image credits on your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

GamiPress
Down in the last 7 days:178#11,572by Ruben Garcia10 months ago
Award points based on the user score in H5P.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Image Credits nofollow
Up in the last 7 days:2#13,223by apasionados9 months ago
Adds credits to the media uploads: Source and source URL. URLs are nofollow by default.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Acknowledgify
Down in the last 7 days:10#13,998by Made Neat19 days ago
Put your name on every site you build. Credit your team and collaborators with humans.txt, meta tags and a footer link. Free, no tracking.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WordPoints
Down in the last 7 days:26#16,561by J.D. Grimes8 years ago
Gamify your site, track user rep, or run a rewards program. WordPoints has a powerful core, infinitely extendable via add-ons.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(31)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Image Source Overlay
Down in the last 7 days:258#20,841by Eduard Stehlík2 years ago
With Image Source Overlay you can manage image sources in media library. Plugin will then generate small overlay for every image crediting the origina …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Credits
Down in the last 7 days:68#23,147by Adam Capriola12 years ago
Adds source name and URL fields for media uploads along with a shortcode for displaying image credits.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Image Credit Companion
Up in the last 7 days:361#27,287by Desk9 Designtoday
Track and display image attribution. Add author, source, and license info to images with automatic detection and flexible output options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ELAN42-disclaimer
Down in the last 7 days:144#28,404by ELAN42///8 years ago
Adds configurable Credits / Privacy Policy for the European Cookies Law and GDPR, with links / ajax / hover box.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

GamiPress
Down in the last 7 days:900#29,923by Ruben Garcia4 months ago
Award points based on Easy Digital Downloads purchase total.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

AAWEB Site Credits
Up in the last 7 days:277#32,871by antoapweb4 months ago
Professional Elementor widget, Gutenberg block and shortcode for displaying website credits.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

GamiPress
Up in the last 7 days:266#32,906by Ruben Garcia11 months ago
Tool to migrate all stored data from myCRED to GamiPress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Credit Line Generator
Up in the last 7 days:3,143#40,101by hatesspam1 month ago
A tool for pasting image credits into your posts. This makes it easier to avoid typos.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Credits Shortcode & Block
Down in the last 7 days:3,563#43,710by jashjacob12 days ago
Add clean Source and Via attribution links with a Gutenberg block, shortcode, or Classic Editor button.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

MTDEV Humans TXT
Down in the last 7 days:5,338#66,794by Marta Torre4 months ago
Credit the people behind your site with a humans.txt file you can edit right in WordPress. Served virtually, with an automatic author link.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Picnote Image Annotations
Down in the last 7 days:3,280#67,580by wpplugged1 year ago
Add professional source attributions and licenses to images in your WordPress content with overlays and organized lists.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

LANGA Tools Lite
Down in the last 7 days:13,286#72,799by langaofficial5 months ago
The only WordPress plugin designed to protect your identity as a developer, save you hours on every project, and deliver enterprise-grade stability.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day