Best exif plugins for WordPress
The most popular exif plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Meow Lightbox leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Image Rotation Repair (6K+) and Image Rotation Fixer (1K+). All 42 plugins tagged “exif” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 exif plugins
- 1.
Meow LightboxThe most installed exif plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 190 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.Image Rotation Repair
6K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 9 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 3.Image Rotation Fixer
1K+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 15 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 4.
Exif Caption600+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 4 days ago.
- 5.
EXIF Remover500+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
WP Strip Image Metadata500+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 7.
Gallery Styles500+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
Exif Details300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.VA Removing Exif
300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 10.Strip Image Metadata
300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
All 42 plugins tagged “exif”

Meow Lightbox
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,981by Jordy Meow9 days ago
The elegant lightbox built for photographers. Fast, responsive, and displays your photos beautifully with EXIF data and maps. You'll love it! 💕
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(190)
- Downloads
- 362/day
Image Rotation Repair
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,684by Modern Tribe, Inc.9 years ago
The Image Rotation Repair plugin simply fixes image orientation based on EXIF data. This is primarily a patch for mis-oriented images delivered from …
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Image Rotation Fixer
Up in the last 7 days:5#5,988by Mert Yazıcıoğlu9 years ago
Automatically fixes the rotation of JPEG images using PHP's EXIF extension, immediately after they are uploaded to the server.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.4(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Exif Caption
Down in the last 7 days:36#8,225by Katsushi Kawamori4 days ago
Insert the Exif data to the caption of the media. Also replaced caption of content.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

EXIF Remover
Down in the last 7 days:4#8,652by lastsplash (a11n)2 months ago
Remove EXIF data from images on upload.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 9/day

WP Strip Image Metadata
Up in the last 7 days:24#9,035by Sami Falah4 years ago
Strip image metadata on upload or via bulk action, and view image EXIF data.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Gallery Styles
Up in the last 7 days:19#9,117by Daniel Floeter9 days ago
Sort gallery images by Exif date, title or filename, plus hover styles, colors and duotone filters for the WordPress gallery block.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 17/day

Exif Details
Down in the last 7 days:22#10,544by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Get detailed Exif information about the media file.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
VA Removing Exif
Up in the last 7 days:18#10,862by kuck1u10 years ago
Automatically remove all Exif data from the new JPEG images when uploading.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Strip Image Metadata
Up in the last 7 days:60#10,909by Martin von Berg2 months ago
Strip potentially sensitive metadata from JPG, WebP and AVIF images on upload or via bulk processing.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Image Protection
Up in the last 7 days:42#11,366by TWK Media1 month ago
Protects images on your WordPress site from being copied or captured, with optional EXIF privacy tools for uploaded media.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Upload Media Exif Date
Up in the last 7 days:33#11,385by Katsushi Kawamori4 days ago
When registering images in the media library, register with the date of EXIF information.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

MMWW
#12,035by OllieJones9 months ago
Media Metadata Workflow Wizard: Integrate your media metadata workflow with WordPress's Media Library
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Remove exif and metadata
Up in the last 7 days:9#12,701by EdgarKotov10 years ago
Automatically remove exif and metadata data after uploading. Just moment supported format: JPG and PNG. Using ImageMagick
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Media Metadata List
Up in the last 7 days:135#15,201by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Displays a list of metadata in the Media Library list view.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Force use of ImageMagick image library
Down in the last 7 days:119#17,341by Mark Howells-Mead11 months ago
Forces WordPress to use the ImageMagick image library. This plugin is no longer maintained.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
EXIF Viewer
Down in the last 7 days:33#23,416by Carlo Daniele9 years ago
EXIF Viewer displays EXIF data in Edit Media Screen, appends EXIF data to JPEG media page content, enables media archives
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

EXIFify
#24,058by Kasuga2 months ago
One-click EXIF metadata stripping for your media library, with automatic removal on every upload.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EXIFize My Dates
Down in the last 7 days:170#25,145by LBell10 months ago
Update Post Dates from Image Metadata (EXIF) in WordPress. Great for photoblogs.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Add EXIF and IPTC meta data to Attachment Post
Down in the last 7 days:506#27,130by Mark Howells-Mead11 months ago
Extends the attachment meta data to include a much wider range of EXIF and IPTC information when an image is uploaded. This plugin does not output any …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

EXIF Meta Manager
Up in the last 7 days:737#29,883by prowebport2 months ago
Embed EXIF metadata directly into your WordPress images and automatically convert every upload to WebP at full quality.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Display Exif
#31,070by V.J.Catkick15 years ago
This plugin instantly adds exif data window on its image. You have nothing to modify your entries to add this feature!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Thenaynhe Watermark
Down in the last 7 days:268#34,687by thenaynhe3 months ago
Add an image watermark to uploads, strip EXIF metadata, rename files after the post title, and import external images into the Media Library.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Leaflet Maps Marker Image Extension
#36,966by neilb2711 years ago
Extension to Leaflet Maps Marker to make markers from images.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Phototools
Up in the last 7 days:7,007#39,894by jondor7 years ago
Add wikipedia extracts to your page as a widgid, above or under your content or using shortcode's wherever you like.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
yapb-geotag
#40,395yapb-geotag12 years ago
Extract GPS data from Yet another photoblog plugin images and creates meta data for Geotag plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
EXIF Columns
Down in the last 7 days:5,713#40,411by fergu514 years ago
This plugin adds columns to the WordPress built in Media Library for EXIF metadata.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPExifView
Down in the last 7 days:8,553#43,576by tatsuya14 years ago
Image EXIF information embedded within the body of the post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Update Post with EXIF data
Down in the last 7 days:8,090#46,449by Mark Howells-Mead10 years ago
Reads in EXIF data of Post Thumbnail, then adds Post tags and a custom meta value containing the serialized GPS location data of the Post's Featu …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Image Exif
Down in the last 7 days:7,221#46,527by celery9411 years ago
This is a plugin that will show exif information for your image.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day
Red Jaguar Newsroom Privacy & Optimizer
#55,098by redjaguar4 days ago
Manage the privacy of your images: remove hidden GPS, device and owner data from every photo before publishing. All on your own server.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 89/day

Acclectic Lightbox
Down in the last 7 days:3,784#57,171by Acclectic Media5 years ago
A configurable lightbox with EXIF and GPS mapping support that works with native Wordpress galleries and images.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
EXIFwidget
Up in the last 7 days:12,885#59,462by jondor8 years ago
Shows EXIF info as widget or in the text using a shortcode. Part of the phototools plugins
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Forbid GPS
Up in the last 7 days:11,252#60,583by al2klimov8 months ago
Prevents photos containing geographic location data from being uploaded (as long as the plugin is active).
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Correct Image Orientation
Up in the last 7 days:1,241#64,005by cristian2463 years ago
A simple, easy-to-use plugin that corrects the orientation of images uploaded from an iPhone based on their EXIF metadata.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
kidona-exif
Up in the last 7 days:4,408#65,599by Don Fadel6 years ago
A plugin to add "View EXIF" links to the row actions of the Wordpress Media Library and NextGEN Manage Gallery list of images.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PeakMaps Gallery
#67,577by consigno6 days ago
Folder-based image galleries with a configurable grid and a lightbox. No Media Library.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 54/day

WDF AI Metadata Remover
#70,390by Abbas Noorani14 days ago
Strip hidden metadata from your images: EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC and AI tags like C2PA. The image itself is never re-encoded.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

X3P0
Down in the last 7 days:10,507#70,944by Justin Tadlock8 months ago
Display image, audio, and video metadata fields—EXIF, ID3, and more—right inside the WordPress block editor, instantly and flexibly.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Image Meta Save
Down in the last 7 days:9,252#71,854by blakebailey255 years ago
Image Meta Save can be used to add meta data to images and upload them to the WordPress media library.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day