Best optimize images plugins for WordPress
The most popular optimize images plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Smush leads with 1M+ active installs, ahead of Imagify Image Optimization (900K+) and Converter for Media (500K+). All 35 plugins tagged “optimize images” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 optimize images plugins
- 1.
SmushThe most installed optimize images plugin, with 1M+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 6,053 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 2.
Imagify Image Optimization900K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 1,657 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 3.
Converter for Media500K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,108 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 4.
ShortPixel Image Optimizer300K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 830 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 5.
Optimole200K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 640 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 6.
Robin Image Optimizer100K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 132 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 7.
Compress, Resize & Lazy Load Images10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 7 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 8.
Kraken.io Image Optimizer10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 119 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 9.
Adaptive Images for WordPress3K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 56 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 10.
Squeeze3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
All 35 plugins tagged “optimize images”
Smush
Down in the last 7 days:1#66by WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform6 days ago
Compress and optimize images, enable lazy load, serve WebP & AVIF, and speed up your site with a global image CDN.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.8(6.1K)
- Downloads
- 15.8K/day
Imagify Image Optimization
#68by WP Media3 days ago
Image optimization in 1‑click: compress, resize & convert to WebP/AVIF – free up to 20MB/month. Enjoy the easiest WordPress image optimizer to set up.
- Installs
- 900K+
- Rating
- 4.3(1.7K)
- Downloads
- 6.5K/day
Converter for Media
#118by Mateusz Gbiorczyk4 days ago
Speed up your website by using our WebP & AVIF Converter. Optimize images and serve WebP and AVIF images instead of standard formats!
- Installs
- 500K+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.1K)
- Downloads
- 10.2K/day
ShortPixel Image Optimizer
#193by ShortPixel26 days ago
Compress images & PDFs automatically, convert to WebP & AVIF, and generate SEO-friendly filenames with AI. Bulk optimization, smart crop & resize.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 4.5(830)
- Downloads
- 2.8K/day
Optimole
Down in the last 7 days:1#261by Optimole4 days ago
Automatically optimize images with bulk compression, lazy loading, WebP/AVIF conversion & CloudFront image CDN. Boost Core Web Vitals & conversions.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.7(640)
- Downloads
- 3.5K/day
Robin Image Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:2#454by Themeisle5 days ago
Unlimited automatic image optimization for WordPress. Compress images, convert to WebP, and improve site speed without losing image quality.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.4(132)
- Downloads
- 587/day
Compress, Resize & Lazy Load Images
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,459by wpvividplugins5 months ago
Optimize, compress and resize images in WordPress in bulk. Lazy load images. Auto resize and optimize images upon upload.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(7)
- Downloads
- 59/day
Kraken.io Image Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:17#1,584by Kraken.io4 months ago
Optimize images automatically — compress, resize and convert to WebP, AVIF & more with Kraken.io. Faster pages, smaller files, same quality.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(119)
- Downloads
- 97/day
Adaptive Images for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,831by Takis Bouyouris2 years ago
Adaptive images plugin transparently resizes your images, per device screen size, in order to reduce download times in mobile environments.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.7(56)
- Downloads
- 25/day
Squeeze
Up in the last 7 days:13#3,842by Bogdan Bendziukov · Pluginarium5 days ago
Browser-based image compression & WebP—no API keys or quotas. Works on any hosting.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 111/day
SEO Image Toolbox
Down in the last 7 days:8#6,849by Andrew Gunn8 years ago
THIS WILL SAVE YOU HOURS. Alt tags are dynamically generated and saved to the database automatically any time an image is uploaded, and improves your …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Image SEO
Down in the last 7 days:33#6,986by watermelon-joy2 months ago
Improve your images alt, title, captions and filenames for better SEO rankings.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 3.4(57)
- Downloads
- 34/day
PixelCraft with WebP
Down in the last 7 days:40#9,009by Secil Kars22 days ago
Automatically convert JPG and PNG images to WebP, reduce file sizes and speed up your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 16/day
Cloudimage
Down in the last 7 days:3#12,043by Scaleflex9 months ago
The easiest way to resize, compress, optimise and deliver lightning fast images to your users on any device via CDN.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Image Optimizer PRO
Down in the last 7 days:225#13,481by poweredcache2 months ago
Optimize and serve your images in AVIF or webp format on-the-fly, boosting site performance and decreasing load times with our network distribution.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
MegaOptim Image Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:44#14,464by MegaOptim24 days ago
Convert images to WebP and AVIF and compress them on your own server. No account, no API key, no image credits, and your images never leave your site.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(34)
- Downloads
- 12/day
SlashImage
Down in the last 7 days:18#16,901by SlashImage1 month ago
Automatically compress every image and serve WebP and AVIF to every visitor. Small files, the quality you choose, zero manual work.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
DropAvif Image Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:89#17,758by Dropavif4 months ago
The Ultimate Image Optimization Suite for WordPress. WebP & AVIF conversion, Smart Format Selection, Watermarking, and Lazy Load. Zero server load.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 9/day
Zara 4 Image Compression
Down in the last 7 days:159#17,790by Zara 47 years ago
Compress your images by up to 90% and make your website load faster. Improve your SEO. Reduce your bandwidth.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.1(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
OptiPic images optimization
#20,308by optipic3 years ago
Automatic optimize images on your site according to the recommendations of Google PageSpeed Insights. Automatic convert all site images to WebP if vis …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(30)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPOptimizers
Down in the last 7 days:149#21,210by WPOptimizers3 months ago
Automatically compress and optimize your WordPress images using smart API-based compression. Reduce image size by up to 70% without visible quality lo …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day
SEO Auto Image Tags
Down in the last 7 days:106#23,367by webchemistry9 years ago
Auto generate clean ALT tags for your images as they are uploaded. Removes hyphens, periods and other characters to generate clean alt tag names.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Pilot
Up in the last 7 days:561#23,697by prasadkirpekar6 months ago
Compress and optimize WordPress images without visible quality loss. Resize images, regenerate thumbnails, and improve page speed to save bandwidth an …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WebberZone Image Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:3,493#23,775by Ajay6 days ago
Free WebP and AVIF converter. Compress and optimize images on your own server and serve the best format. No API key, no account, no limits.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Orphanix Media Cleanup
Down in the last 7 days:482#27,838by Atique Ullah9 months ago
Smart WordPress media library cleanup. Detect unused, orphaned & broken media safely with advanced live scanning.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Shift
Up in the last 7 days:415#28,436by digitalpoint9 months ago
Convert and/or watermark uploaded media images to the WebP or AVIF image format automatically.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Easy Image SEO Tags
#46,687by Andrew Gunn11 years ago
Automatically generate and save alt tags to database when images are uploaded & clientside SEO image tag optimization.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Convert AVIF, WebP & optimize images
#46,830by pushr.io6 days ago
Convert WebP/AVIF and compress images for free. Enable Lazy Load and serve next-gen formats to speed up your website instantly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
fepo Image & Font Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:7,588#55,197by fepo10 days ago
Compress images to WebP/AVIF for free — locally with PHP-Imagick, otherwise converted by fepo. Fonts subsetted by fepo (uses credits).
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
IOptimizer
Up in the last 7 days:10,237#59,533by mainericiangel6 years ago
Compress images remotely for a better loading time
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
NimboCDN
Down in the last 7 days:11,861#60,932by DIO Digital28 days ago
Image CDN for WordPress and WooCommerce: a faster site, with your images in the most modern, most efficient format — WebP or AVIF.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
OmniPixy Browser Image Compressor
#62,297by omnipixy4 days ago
Compress images in your browser before uploading. Your images never go through third-party servers.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
LightPIX Stealth Image Compression
#65,017by Issa5 months ago
Automatically compress JPEG, PNG, and WebP images on upload. Reduce file sizes up to 80% without visible quality loss.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Patu Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:2,175#66,344by gheop2 months ago
Compress and convert your media library to WebP and AVIF. Same quality, smaller files, never bigger, never broken. Free API key.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ImageCompressionAI Media Optimizer
#68,074by Rachid Aitouaissi2 months ago
Compress your media library through the imagecompression.ai API. Automatic on upload, bulk compression, resizing, backups with one-click restore.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day