Best image quality plugins for WordPress
The most popular image quality plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. SMNTCS Deactivate Image Compression leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Sharpen Images (20+) and andW Image Control (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “image quality” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 image quality plugins
- 1.
SMNTCS Deactivate Image CompressionThe most installed image quality plugin, with 1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.Sharpen Images
20+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 3.
andW Image Control10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
Yet Another Tweaks ManagerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
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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 5 plugins tagged “image quality”

SMNTCS Deactivate Image Compression
Down in the last 7 days:40#6,835by Niels Lange1 month ago
Keeps uploaded images at full quality by turning off WordPress's image compression and big-image downscaling.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day
Sharpen Images
Up in the last 7 days:207#26,406by FahadUddinPK10 years ago
Sharpen Images allow you to make jpeg images on the website look sharper, making them look professional and stand out.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 1/day

andW Image Control
Up in the last 7 days:1,196#44,904by yasuo3o31 year ago
Advanced media control plugin with JPEG quality, PNG conversion, SVG safety, and custom image sizes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Yet Another Tweaks Manager
Down in the last 7 days:5,749#57,797by Abhishek Deshpande10 days ago
Keep the feature. Change the setting. Tune WordPress behaviour that core only exposes in code.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/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