Best picture plugins for WordPress
The most popular picture plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. ImageMagick Engine leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of Easy Watermark (30K+) and Simple User Avatar (20K+). All 119 plugins tagged “picture” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 picture plugins
- 1.
ImageMagick EngineThe most installed picture plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 16 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.Easy Watermark
30K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 159 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
Simple User Avatar20K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 19 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.Attachments
8K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 53 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.WP-Slimbox2 Plugin
3K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago.
- 6.Img Title Removal
1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 7.NextGEN Scroll Gallery
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 21 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.2.
- 8.No Image Link
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 9.Remove Image Links
800+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 13 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 10.JJ NextGen JQuery Slider
700+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
All 119 plugins tagged “picture”

ImageMagick Engine
#648by Rickard Westerlind2 months ago
Improve the quality of re-sized images by replacing standard GD library with ImageMagick.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.4(16)
- Downloads
- 438/day
Easy Watermark
Down in the last 7 days:2#964by Wojtek Szałkiewicz1 year ago
Allows to add watermark to images automatically on upload or manually.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 3.7(159)
- Downloads
- 58/day

Simple User Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,306by Matteo Manna8 days ago
Simple User Avatar helps users to add or remove their avatar using images from his Media Library.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.6(19)
- Downloads
- 352/day
Attachments
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,394by Jon Christopher10 months ago
Attachments allows you to simply append any number of items from your WordPress Media Library to Posts, Pages, and Custom Post Types
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.8(53)
- Downloads
- 50/day
WP-Slimbox2 Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:5#4,139by malcalevak9 years ago
A WordPress implementation of the Slimbox2 javascript.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Img Title Removal
Up in the last 7 days:6#5,576by iglauser15 years ago
Plugin that hide all title attribute-tags from images in posts.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
NextGEN Scroll Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:7#5,721by Benedikt Mo9 years ago
Awesome free JavaScript gallery. BMo-Design's Mootools Javascript ScrollGallery as a Plugin for the Wordpress NextGEN Gallery.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(21)
- Downloads
- 11/day
No Image Link
Up in the last 7 days:19#6,563by Scott Werner9 years ago
Defaults the Image Link option to 'none' when adding a picture to a page or post.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Remove Image Links
#7,361by Luke Mlsna11 years ago
1) The link field for new images being inserted is blank by default. 2) The link code in existing posts and pages is not deleted but it is not outputt …
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.7(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day
JJ NextGen JQuery Slider
Up in the last 7 days:3#7,729by jjcoder9 years ago
Allows you to pick a gallery from the 'NextGen Gallery' plugin to use as a 'JQuery Nivo slider'.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.3(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Responsify WP
Down in the last 7 days:35#8,610by stefanledin8 years ago
Responsive images. Plug and play.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(18)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Image Watermark WP
Up in the last 7 days:11#8,683by Umar10 years ago
Image Watermark WP that protects your photos quickly!
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.8(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Image Widget by Angie Makes
Up in the last 7 days:12#8,897by Chris Baldelomar9 years ago
This plugin allows for the addition of a drag / drop image widget to the existing widgets in your Wordpress theme. Easily upload, and link images to t …
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget
Down in the last 7 days:15#8,985by maff14 years ago
A widget to show NextGEN galleries in your sidebar.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
JJ NextGen JQuery Carousel
Down in the last 7 days:20#9,995by jjcoder15 years ago
Allows you to pick a gallery from the 'NextGen Gallery' plugin to use as a 'JQuery JCarousel'.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
NextGen NivoSlider
Up in the last 7 days:26#11,410by Aldert Vaandering13 years ago
The NextGen Nivoslider plugin allows you to create a NivoSlider, using images from your NextGen gallery, with a simple shortcode or widget.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.5(8)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Next Watermark
Up in the last 7 days:39#11,981by nxtweb1 month ago
Next Watermark helps you easily add automatically text or/and image watermarks on your images (GIF, JPEG, PNG and WEBP formats supported)! Backup/rest …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.4(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
JJ NextGen JQuery Cycle
Up in the last 7 days:21#12,487by jjcoder15 years ago
Allows you to pick a gallery from the 'NextGen Gallery' plugin to use with 'JQuery Cycle Lite'.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Remove exif and metadata
Up in the last 7 days:51#12,659by EdgarKotov10 years ago
Automatically remove exif and metadata data after uploading. Just moment supported format: JPG and PNG. Using ImageMagick
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Signature Watermark
Up in the last 7 days:50#12,837by ChrisHurst11 years ago
Automatically watermark images as they are uploaded to the WordPress Media Library using Both Images and Text.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 1.6(9)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Photo Protect
#13,284by chebum8 years ago
Adds an invisible layer over your images to protect them from copying.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Parallax
Up in the last 7 days:42#14,205by WebMaestro.Fr12 years ago
Create images with a parallax effect. Upload some layers, configure the animation, and publish !
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Transparent Image Watermark
Up in the last 7 days:55#15,433by ChrisHurst11 years ago
Automatically watermark images as they are uploaded to the WordPress Media Library.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.3(11)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Bulk Watermark
Down in the last 7 days:77#16,127by ChrisHurst11 years ago
Adds an image and/or text watermark to all uploaded images, using PNG images with transparency.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
JJ NextGen Image List
Down in the last 7 days:24#16,273by jjcoder15 years ago
Allows you to pick a gallery from the 'NextGen Gallery' plugin to list images from. You can list images vertically or horizontally.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Crop and Resize Images
Down in the last 7 days:182#18,755by bo.lipai11 years ago
Crop and Resize Images Plugin allows you to easily modify WordPress uploaded images.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Focus Point
Up in the last 7 days:43#19,319by eoma15 years ago
Image focus point is a wordpress plugin that let's you set a focus point in your picture.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comment-Images
Down in the last 7 days:24#21,072by fitztrev17 years ago
Comment Image Embedder is a very simple plugin that, once installed, lets your visitors add an image to their comments.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Uploads for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:179#21,143by Europa DNS1 year ago
Let customers upload files to your WooCommerce products. Perfect for online photo or document processing services. Developer friendly.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MoreAboutMe Widget
Up in the last 7 days:72#21,763by sierramike11 years ago
Displays an AboutMe bloc, also known as a More About Me bloc, including a picture and some text.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Photogallery
Down in the last 7 days:267#22,131by Daniel Menȝies9 years ago
Create galleries with ease.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Slenderbox
Down in the last 7 days:149#22,772by Matthew Petroff8 years ago
Overlays images on the current page using Slenderbox, a lightweight and framework-free lightbox plugin that can be used with valid HTML5.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Live Countdown Timer
Up in the last 7 days:10#23,103by Ciprian Turcu15 years ago
Wordpress Widget that will enable you to show a beautiful live countdown timer for an event.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 2.2(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image XML-Sitemap Generator
Down in the last 7 days:142#23,683by fkbff15 years ago
Plugin to generate Image Sitemaps in XML-Format for your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Epnb Featured Image Widget
Down in the last 7 days:119#23,704by epnb10 years ago
Epnb Featured Image Widget is a simple widget that allows you to display the featured image of the current post page in any widget area, such in sideb …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Manage User Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:374#24,966by escaleta5 years ago
WP Manage User Avatar plugin allows you to set your users avatar and select a uniform avatar theme for all users. You can set a avatar from the initia …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Image Puzzle
#26,784by manu2252 months ago
Create beautiful puzzle effect on your images!
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
IS Circular Photo Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:196#26,975by Irena057513 years ago
Circle style picture gallery with Lightbox popups. Uses images from either the Wordpress Media Library or an uploaded directory of images.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
jPic WordPress Widget
Down in the last 7 days:208#27,307by giacgbj18 years ago
jPic is a general purpose WordPress widget which shows a picture supplied by an URL.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

TechGasp Photo Master
Up in the last 7 days:188#27,845by TechGasp5 years ago
TechGasp Photo Master let's your show your latest Instagram photos and View on Instagram Button inside any widget position.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 2.5(13)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Awesome Watermark
Up in the last 7 days:61#28,781by Tahir Yasin11 years ago
Apply text or image watermark to any WordPress image and thumbnails sizes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Order Thumbnail for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:519#29,288by Delite Studio2 years ago
Adds a thumbnail to orders list in WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

DX Webp Picture Tag Image Wrapper
Down in the last 7 days:745#31,536by DevriX4 years ago
Automatically wraps content images in picture tag by making one of the sources webp. It supports Gutenberg content
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gallery Just Better
Down in the last 7 days:25#33,151by Stefi15 years ago
It's a tiny bit more flexible than wp native gallery. It finally allows non-linked images and images linking to external URLs.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CPS
Up in the last 7 days:32#33,973by Surbma1 year ago
Simply add a before / after image to any WordPress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nook Color Widget
#34,364by Aaron Kittredge16 years ago
The simple way to show what your reading on your Nook Color or e-reader.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Airliners Widget
#35,766by sierramike11 years ago
Displays an Airliners.net picture (Random, Top Of Yesterday, or specific picture by ID) using official Airliners.net script
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Picture Element Responsive and Retina Images
Up in the last 7 days:11,474#36,127by christhewanderer9 years ago
A plugin that helps you generate a picture element for creating responsive images. Retina support is included out of the box.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Photos+tags
Up in the last 7 days:6,047#38,646by Jesse LaReaux15 years ago
Photo Albums for BuddyPress with friend tagging (like facebook). Includes Posts to Wire, Member Comments, and Gallery Privacy Controls.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
htaccess Watermark
Up in the last 7 days:5,820#38,830by ip436812 years ago
This plugin allows to add a watermark on your images uploaded.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day