Best gd plugins for WordPress
The most popular gd plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. ImageMagick Engine leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of Improved Image Editor (10+) and Simple Thumbs (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “gd” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 gd plugins
- 1.
ImageMagick EngineThe most installed gd plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 16 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.Improved Image Editor
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 3.Simple Thumbs
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 4.
Khushal Image Audit ToolsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “gd”

ImageMagick Engine
Up in the last 7 days:2#648by Rickard Westerlind2 months ago
Improve the quality of re-sized images by replacing standard GD library with ImageMagick.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.4(16)
- Downloads
- 466/day
Improved Image Editor
Down in the last 7 days:9#41,502by Marko Heijnen12 years ago
Adds more image edit functionality to your WordPress installatin
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Thumbs
Down in the last 7 days:1,097#43,131by Pär Thernström15 years ago
Create image thumbs from WP attachments, w/ option to crop & fit to wanted size & create IMG-tags w/ correct width & height attributes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Khushal Image Audit Tools
#58,840by Khushal Tank1 month ago
Secure, lightweight, offline image inspection for the WordPress Media Library.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day