Best magnify plugins for WordPress
The most popular magnify plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Featured Image Zoom leads with 900+ active installs, ahead of SmartZoom (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “magnify” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 magnify plugins
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Featured Image ZoomThe most installed magnify plugin, with 900+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 11 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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SmartZoomFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 3 plugins tagged “magnify”
Featured Image Zoom
Down in the last 7 days:8#7,179by cubecolour1 year ago
Add a [zoom] shortcode to display a zoomable featured image.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.5(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
SmartZoom
Down in the last 7 days:70#64,111by Kamran Ali1 year ago
A lightweight plugin that adds a clean magnifying zoom effect to WooCommerce single product images.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day