Best phpthumb plugins for WordPress

The most popular phpthumb plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WPThumb leads with 800+ active installs, ahead of AutoThumb (80+). All 2 plugins tagged “phpthumb” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

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Top 2 phpthumb plugins

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WPThumb
The most installed phpthumb plugin, with 800+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
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AutoThumb
80+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.

All 2 plugins tagged “phpthumb”

WPThumb
Up in the last 7 days:5#7,542
by Joe Hoyle12 years ago
An on-demand image generation replacement for WordPress' image resizing.
Installs
800+
Rating
5.0(3)
Downloads
11/day
AutoThumb
#18,024
by maff14 years ago
The plugin is actually just a port of a plugin/snippet I wrote for MODx a while ago (see here). It scans your content's source code for <img&g …
Installs
80+
Rating
5.0(1)
Downloads
0/day