Best pictures plugins for WordPress
The most popular pictures plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. FancyBox for WordPress leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Images to WebP (9K+) and Multi Image Metabox (6K+). All 69 plugins tagged “pictures” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 pictures plugins
- 1.
FancyBox for WordPressThe most installed pictures plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 92 reviews, updated 1 day ago.
- 2.
Images to WebP9K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 32 reviews, updated 1 month ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.Multi Image Metabox
6K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 11 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.Social Photo Fetcher
1K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 12 reviews, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 5.Img Title Removal
1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 6.Comment Image
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 6 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 7.Photection
1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.0.
- 8.Automatic Featured Image Posts
300+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 12 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 9.PiwigoPress
200+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 6 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 10.Image Pro
200+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 69 plugins tagged “pictures”

FancyBox for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:2#948by colorlibplugins1 day ago
Seamlessly integrates FancyBox lightbox into your WordPress blog: Upload, activate, and you're done. Additional configuration optional.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.6(92)
- Downloads
- 157/day

Images to WebP
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,202by kubiq1 month ago
Convert PNG, JPG and GIF images to WebP and speed up your web
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.4(32)
- Downloads
- 58/day
Multi Image Metabox
Down in the last 7 days:15#2,683by Willy Bahuaud9 years ago
Add a multi-image metabox to your posts, pages and custom post types
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.9(11)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Social Photo Fetcher
Up in the last 7 days:1#5,407by JK5 months ago
Allows you to automatically create Wordpress photo galleries from Facebook albums. Simple to use and highly customizable.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.7(12)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Img Title Removal
Up in the last 7 days:3#5,581by iglauser15 years ago
Plugin that hide all title attribute-tags from images in posts.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Comment Image
Down in the last 7 days:12#6,586by Stefano Lissa5 years ago
Enable readers to attach an image to their comments.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(6)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Photection
Down in the last 7 days:5#6,696by Colormelon10 years ago
With this plugin you can disable right click on your images with a custom message!
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 10/day
Automatic Featured Image Posts
Down in the last 7 days:22#10,812by Jeremy Felt13 years ago
Automatic Featured Image Posts creates a new post with a Featured Image every time an image is uploaded.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(12)
- Downloads
- 6/day
PiwigoPress
Down in the last 7 days:71#11,815by vpiwigo5 months ago
From any open API Piwigo gallery, swiftly include your photos in Posts/Pages and/or add randomized thumbnails and menus in your sidebar.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Image Pro
Up in the last 7 days:49#12,017by mihaivalentin9 years ago
Upload, resize, add, change images instantly. Manage your media collection with ease and use it for any post or page. A new way of managing content!
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
ThickBox
Down in the last 7 days:82#12,418by Christian Schenk12 years ago
Embed ThickBox into your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 2.6(5)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Signature Watermark
Up in the last 7 days:18#12,844by 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
- 11/day

Images to AVIF
Down in the last 7 days:240#14,000by kubiq1 month ago
Convert PNG, JPG, GIF and WEBP images to AVIF and speed up your web loading
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day
Transparent Image Watermark
Up in the last 7 days:41#15,437by ChrisHurst11 years ago
Automatically watermark images as they are uploaded to the WordPress Media Library.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.3(11)
- Downloads
- 6/day
OVM Picture Organizer
Up in the last 7 days:114#15,900by RudolfFiedler10 years ago
Bildnachweise im Impressum einfach verwalten und anzeigen - Abmahnungen vermeiden - Never written warnings because of missing picture-credits on your …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Bulk Watermark
Down in the last 7 days:95#16,211by 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
- 6/day

TraveledMap Trip itinerary
Down in the last 7 days:48#17,607by traveledmap7 months ago
Create interactive blog posts thanks to a map moving along your trip's steps while user reads. The map can be customized to fit your theme.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Easy Gallery Slider
Down in the last 7 days:62#18,206by iNexi14 years ago
Responsive slider uses the images attached to a post or page. Simple to customize and configure.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
NextGEN TinyMce Description
Up in the last 7 days:1#18,557by Marco Buttarini12 years ago
NextGEN TinyMce Description add native tinymce to nextgen gallery picture description.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SmoothGallery
#20,034by Christian Schenk12 years ago
Embed JonDesign's SmoothGallery into your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
T&P Gallery Slider
Up in the last 7 days:195#20,573by pey2213 years ago
T&P Gallery Slider for WordPress is an image hover/click gallery as a WordPress plugin.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SmugMug Responsive Slider
Down in the last 7 days:94#20,930by Michael10 years ago
A responsive image slider to display your SmugMug photos
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Pictures Slider
Down in the last 7 days:13#23,060by Tom Baumgarten2 years ago
A simple plugin to display a picture slider. Light, efficient and compatible with ACF. Best for developers.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Live Countdown Timer
Down in the last 7 days:109#23,131by 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
My Pictures Widget
Down in the last 7 days:96#23,601my-twitpics16 years ago
This easy to use Widget shows your Twitpic or Mobypicture pictures and is very easy to configure.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SimpleGal
#24,662by dath14 years ago
Create an Image-Gallery in 5 simple Steps. Just add the shortcode to your posts.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
IS Circular Photo Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:406#26,511by 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
UnGallery
Down in the last 7 days:42#26,730by mmond12 years ago
Publish thousands of pictures in WordPress, in minutes.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
mooontes Comments Media Upload
#27,013by montesjmm13 years ago
This plugin allows to attach pictures and multimedia files to comments (the same types allowed in wordpress' multimedia library).
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Free images pictures
Down in the last 7 days:293#27,140by adamsbk11 years ago
Search Free images and pictures from various sources - Flickr, Pixabay and Wikimedia. Place free images to articles or pages as media.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
jPic WordPress Widget
#27,306by giacgbj18 years ago
jPic is a general purpose WordPress widget which shows a picture supplied by an URL.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
heiv gallery 3
#27,526by heiv12 years ago
The Wordpress plugin "Heiv Gallery 3" embeds pictures and albums from an installation of Gallery3 in an article or a post.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 2.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SEO Images Reloaded
Up in the last 7 days:63#29,411by lerougeliet7 years ago
SEO Images Reloaded automatically adds alt and title attributes to all your images to increase traffic from search engines.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flickr WordPress Widget
#29,572by bilobait16 years ago
Import photos from a flickr rss feed to a wordpress widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Pic Tagger
Down in the last 7 days:164#29,918by Andrew DS a11n16 years ago
Tag, caption, annotate pictures and images on your Wordpress blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Content Slideshow
Up in the last 7 days:12#32,171by Nick Halsey4 months ago
This plugin creates a fullscreen slideshow that displays randomly-selected pictures from your media library. Designed to display pictures related to y …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
i2Clipart
Up in the last 7 days:169#33,007by sciweavers12 years ago
TinyMCE plugin to search and insert royalty free public domain images from i2clipart.com to your page or post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Favicon Images for Comments
#35,035by Amit Agarwal18 years ago
Favicon Images for WordPress Comments lets you add favicons next to your blog comments using the site URL of the commentator.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Watermark Hotlink Protection
#36,407by MyWebsiteAdvisor13 years ago
Displays a watermark on images which have been hotlinked
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Photo Downloader
Up in the last 7 days:5,464#36,495by Mikoviny15 years ago
This plugin is saving pictures used in the posts from other sites (ctr+c & ctr+v) to own server and add to media library.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Give a Beer
Down in the last 7 days:3,034#39,507by Ciprian Turcu17 years ago
Widget that will enable visitors to give you/the site a virtual beer by clicking on the widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PixatoPress Lite
#42,497by Lenferink12 years ago
The ultimate plugin for creating massive wallpaper sites using WordPress in just minutes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
IS Photo Gallery
#42,668by Irena057512 years ago
Picture gallery with Lightbox popups. Uses images from either the Wordpress Media Library or an uploaded directory of images.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Shashin permalinks
Up in the last 7 days:3,464#43,185by SLiX14 years ago
This plugin will replace all parameters for Shashin 2 plugin galleries by permalinks,
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Caption Fixer
Up in the last 7 days:3,857#43,220by dandomains15 years ago
Customise (or remove) the margin WordPress automatically applies to captions.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PicTips
#44,223by 8MediaCentral13 years ago
PicTips provides a shortcode for images to be used as ToolTips. Like ToolTips but with pictures.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Polaroid Plus
Up in the last 7 days:271#44,245by Irena057512 years ago
Polaroid Plus style picture gallery with Lightbox popups. Uses images from either the Wordpress Media Library or an uploaded directory of images.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Picture grabber, resizer and cropper
Up in the last 7 days:319#44,407by zlabs3 years ago
Picgrab is a plugin that download, resize and crop an image on the fly. It also stores resized and cropped images in local cache.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Watermark
Down in the last 7 days:4,796#44,763by MyWebsiteAdvisor13 years ago
Automatically watermark images as they are viewed
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tumblr Ajax
Down in the last 7 days:3,472#45,876by Humphrey Aaron11 years ago
Display Tumblr posts via AJAX / Javascript / Client-side HTML requests
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day