Best photon plugins for WordPress
The most popular photon plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Timber with Jetpack Photon leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Ultimate Photonizer (10+) and CDN Image Proxy (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “photon” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 photon plugins
- 1.
Timber with Jetpack PhotonThe most installed photon plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 2.
Ultimate Photonizer10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 3.
CDN Image ProxyFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 4 plugins tagged “photon”
Timber with Jetpack Photon
#34,661by Jeroen Schmit11 years ago
Plug-in to use JetPack's free Photon image manipulation and CDN with Timber.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ultimate Photonizer
#36,202by Marco Canestrari10 years ago
Applies Jetpack's Photon to ALL content, including widgets content and title, site logo, etc.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(4)
- Downloads
- 1/day
CDN Image Proxy
Down in the last 7 days:3,650#70,943by Philip Newcomer8 years ago
Use Jetpack Image CDN (formerly Photon) to proxy image uploads from another site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day