Best cropping plugins for WordPress
The most popular cropping plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Manual Image Crop leads with 7K+ active installs, ahead of WP SmartCrop (4K+) and Code and core (50+). All 7 plugins tagged “cropping” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 cropping plugins
- 1.
Manual Image CropThe most installed cropping plugin, with 7K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 56 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
WP SmartCrop4K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 9 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 3.
Code and core50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
NDV Product Image Upload for WooCommerce30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.
Responsive cropped Yummy images, pictures and thumbnails10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 6.
Multiple Cropped Images10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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Image Display ControlFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
All 7 plugins tagged “cropping”
Manual Image Crop
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,487by Tomasz Sita2 months ago
Plugin allows you to manually crop all the image sizes registered in your WordPress theme (in particular featured image).
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.1(56)
- Downloads
- 63/day
WP SmartCrop
#3,267by Bytes.co2 years ago
WP SmartCrop will crop your images on-the-fly to match your CSS, keeping the main focal point in view.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.7(9)
- Downloads
- 112/day
Code and core
#20,679by Code and core1 month ago
Take full control of your featured images with smart cropping, custom ratios, and blur-fill automation.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
NDV Product Image Upload for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:5,587#25,044by Muhammad Faizan (NowDigiVerse)12 days ago
Let WooCommerce customers upload and crop images and PDFs on product pages before adding to cart, with per-product rules and secure handling.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Responsive cropped Yummy images, pictures and thumbnails
Up in the last 7 days:7,876#39,180by yaroinfo7 years ago
Manual cropping of images for different sizes
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Multiple Cropped Images
Up in the last 7 days:1,351#43,762by webtimal8 years ago
Upload any number of images and scale and crop them individually.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Display Control
#67,572by Aurelien Lourot3 years ago
An easy way to leverage image region metadata on your site. Made by Frameright. Power to the pictures!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day