Best image plugins for WordPress
The most popular image plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Imsanity leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Firelight Lightbox (200K+) and Responsive Lightbox & Gallery (100K+). All 908 plugins tagged “image” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 image plugins
- 1.Imsanity
The most installed image plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 291 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Firelight Lightbox200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 361 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 3.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 2,003 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.Simple Lightbox
100K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 239 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
reSmush.it100K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 166 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Image Widget100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 287 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 7.
Menu Image, Icons made easy100K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 123 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 8.
ImageMagick Engine60K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 16 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
Simple Image Sizes60K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 91 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
All In One Favicon60K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 82 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
All 908 plugins tagged “image”
Imsanity
#225by Shane Bishop2 months ago
Automatically resizes huge image uploads. Are contributors uploading huge photos? Tired of manually resizing your images? Imsanity to the rescue!
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.9(291)
- Downloads
- 1.2K/day

Firelight Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#257by Firelight2 days ago
Formerly Easy Fancybox. The most popular WordPress lightbox plugin. Simple, fast, and responsive. Opens images, videos, PDFs, and custom popups.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.8(361)
- Downloads
- 1.3K/day

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:2#327by dFactory19 days ago
The most popular lightbox plugin and responsive gallery builder for WordPress.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(2K)
- Downloads
- 1.1K/day
Simple Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#331by Archetyped1 month ago
The highly customizable lightbox for WordPress
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.3(239)
- Downloads
- 396/day

reSmush.it
Down in the last 7 days:1#364by ShortPixel2 months ago
reSmush.it is the FREE image compressor and optimizer plugin - use it to optimize your images and improve the SEO and performance of your website.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.3(166)
- Downloads
- 460/day

Image Widget
#399by Nexcess6 months ago
A simple image widget that uses the native WordPress media manager to add image widgets to your site.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(287)
- Downloads
- 345/day

Menu Image, Icons made easy
#408by Rui Guerreiro1 year ago
Adds an image or icon in the menu items. You can choose the position of the image (after, before, above, below) or even hide the menu item title.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.5(123)
- Downloads
- 231/day

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
- 494/day

Simple Image Sizes
Down in the last 7 days:2#660by Nicolas Juen2 months ago
This plugin lets you create custom image sizes for your site. Override your theme sizes directly on the Media settings page, regenerate thumbnails, an …
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.6(91)
- Downloads
- 233/day

All In One Favicon
Up in the last 7 days:2#663by Garrett Grimm3 years ago
Easily add a Favicon to your site and the WordPress admin pages. Complete with upload functionality. Supports all three Favicon types (ico,png,gif).
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.5(82)
- Downloads
- 69/day

Default Featured Image
#705by Jan-Willem4 months ago
Add a Default Featured Image for all posts & pages.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.8(69)
- Downloads
- 208/day

Phoenix Media Rename
Up in the last 7 days:5#745by crossi7210 days ago
The Phoenix Media Rename plugin allows you to easily rename (and retitle) your media files, once uploaded.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.7(75)
- Downloads
- 947/day
Image Prioritizer
Down in the last 7 days:2#823by WordPress Performance Team2 months ago
Prioritizes the loading of images and videos based on how they appear to actual visitors: adds fetchpriority, preloads, lazy-loads, and sets sizes.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 365/day

Image Watermark
Down in the last 7 days:1#855by dFactory19 days ago
Apply image or text watermarks to new uploads and existing Media Library images.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.2(299)
- Downloads
- 379/day

LightPress Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#904by Firelight7 months ago
Simple, lightweight lightbox plugin for WordPress. Formerly the WP JQuery Lightbox.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.6(72)
- Downloads
- 126/day
Easy Watermark
#963by Wojtek Szałkiewicz1 year ago
Allows to add watermark to images automatically on upload or manually.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 3.7(159)
- Downloads
- 56/day
Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages
Up in the last 7 days:5#1,004by cyrillbolliger6 months ago
Easily control whether the featured image appears in the single post or page view (doesn't hide it in archive/list view).
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.8(38)
- Downloads
- 108/day
AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,041by junkcoder1 month ago
Rebuild your media library one image at a time, without script timeouts - and optimise, replace, or write WebP and AVIF copies of your images.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.8(90)
- Downloads
- 204/day

WP Lightbox 2
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,100by Syed Balkhi9 months ago
WP Lightbox 2 adds stunning lightbox effects to images and galleries on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.4(89)
- Downloads
- 85/day

Image Hotspot by DevVN
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,116by Le Van Toan11 months ago
Image Hotspot by DevVN helps you add hotspots to your images.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(29)
- Downloads
- 82/day
Favicon Rotator
#1,151by Archetyped1 month ago
Easily set site favicon and even rotate through multiple icons
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 93/day

No Right Click Images
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,157by WebFactory2 months ago
Disables right click context menu on images to help deter leeches from stealing images.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(52)
- Downloads
- 71/day

Auto Upload Images
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,223by Ali Irani1 month ago
Automatically detect external images in the post content and import images to your site then adding to the media library and replace image urls.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(106)
- Downloads
- 214/day

Image Aspect Ratio Crop Field for Advanced Custom Fields
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,226by joppuyo22 days ago
ACF field that allows user to crop image to a specific aspect ratio or pixel size
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(26)
- Downloads
- 466/day
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,294by Johannes Kinast5 months ago
Adds a simple & lightweight Lightbox to the standard WordPress Gallery & Image Block. No lock in and no dependencies.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(88)
- Downloads
- 95/day
Multiple Post Thumbnails
Up in the last 7 days:15#1,409by Chris Scott8 years ago
Adds multiple post thumbnails to a post type. If you've ever wanted more than one Featured Image on a post, this plugin is for you.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(42)
- Downloads
- 49/day

Hide Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,561by shahpranaf8 years ago
To Hide Featured Image on single post/page.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.6(81)
- Downloads
- 27/day
jQuery Pin It Button for Images
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,639by mrsztuczkens6 years ago
Highlights images on hover and adds a Pinterest "Pin It" button over them for easy pinning.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(305)
- Downloads
- 27/day

Meow Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:5#1,879by Jordy Meow9 days ago
Tired of slow, bloated gallery plugins? Here is the answer! ☺️ Polished, beautiful galleries that are blazing fast. No bloat. Enjoy! 💕
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(203)
- Downloads
- 275/day

Enable SVG, WebP, and ICO Upload
Down in the last 7 days:6#1,883by ideasToCode13 days ago
This plugin will enable uploading SVG, WebP & ICO image files to WordPress sites.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(11)
- Downloads
- 176/day

Cimo
Up in the last 7 days:10#2,028by Benjamin Intal25 days ago
Unlimited free image compression and WebP conversion, done instantly as you upload them. No quotas, no external servers, no limits.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(20)
- Downloads
- 169/day

Simple Full Screen Background Image
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,079by AMP-MODE3 years ago
This plugin provides a simple way to set an automatically scaled full screen background image.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(45)
- Downloads
- 22/day

PNG to JPG
Down in the last 7 days:11#2,154by kubiq13 days ago
Convert PNG images to JPG, free up web space and speed up your webpage
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(40)
- Downloads
- 190/day

Disable Media Pages
Down in the last 7 days:81#2,187by joppuyo1 month ago
Completely remove "attachment" pages for WordPress media. Improve SEO and prevent conflicts between page and image permalinks.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 5.0(17)
- Downloads
- 69/day
Newpost Catch
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,188by Tetsuya Imamura10 days ago
Thumbnails in new articles setting widget.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 103/day
Advanced Image Styles
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,219by Gregory Cornelius8 years ago
Adjust an image's margins and border with ease in the Visual editor.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.6(65)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Taxonomy Images
Down in the last 7 days:13#2,340by Ben Huson2 years ago
Associate images from your media library to categories, tags and custom taxonomies.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.4(40)
- Downloads
- 39/day

Kama Thumbnail
Down in the last 7 days:11#2,355by Timur Kamaev23 days ago
Creates post thumbnails on fly and cache the result. Auto-create of post thumbnails based on: WP post thumbnail OR first img in post content OR attach …
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 59/day

Replace Image
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,396by WP Zone2 years ago
Upload a new version of an image without deleting the old image attachment, so that references to the image remain intact.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.6(65)
- Downloads
- 39/day

Get the Image
Up in the last 7 days:7#2,517by Justin Tadlock9 years ago
An easy-to-use image script for adding things such as thumbnail, slider, gallery, and feature images.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.3(17)
- Downloads
- 39/day
Media Focus Point
Up in the last 7 days:12#2,672by WP Company2 days ago
The Media Focus Point Plugin ensures the key area of an image or video stays visible, regardless of resizing or layout changes.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 192/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

Leira Letter Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,737by Ariel10 months ago
Automatically generate beautiful user avatars based on their initials.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.9(28)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Nav Menu Images
#2,879by Milan Dinić9 years ago
Display image as a menu item content.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.2(37)
- Downloads
- 19/day

DCO Comment Attachment
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,030by Denis Yanchevskiy4 years ago
Allows your visitors to attach files with their comments
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Downloads
- 22/day

WP Colorbox
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,117by Noor Alam1 year ago
View image, video (YouTube, Vimeo), page, inline HTML, custom content in lightbox. Add jQuery Colorbox lightbox effect to your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.3(23)
- Downloads
- 33/day
SVG Block
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,264by Phi Phan2 months ago
Display an SVG image as a block, which can be used for displaying images, icons, dividers, buttons
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 41/day

WP SmartCrop
#3,268by 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
- 119/day
Support WebP
Up in the last 7 days:7#3,308by Sayedul Sayem1 year ago
This plugin will help you to upload webp format image in WordPress media library regardless of the theme. That is, it works with every theme.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 28/day

AVIF Uploader
Up in the last 7 days:11#3,336by GrandPlugins2 months ago
Upload AVIF images, display them correctly, and generate the sub-sizes WordPress leaves out.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 32/day