Best resize images plugins for WordPress
The most popular resize images plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. QODE Optimizer leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Compress, Resize & Lazy Load Images (10K+) and Adaptive Images for WordPress (3K+). All 10 plugins tagged “resize images” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 resize images plugins
- 1.
QODE OptimizerThe most installed resize images plugin, with 30K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Compress, Resize & Lazy Load Images10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 7 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 3.
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.
- 4.
Image Optimization For SEO3K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 12 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
EffortLess Simple Image Optimiser30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 6.
Image Pilot30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.Comment Pub
20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 8.Image Resize for Chrome and Safari
20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 9.Smart Image Crop AI
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 10.Squishify
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
All 10 plugins tagged “resize images”

QODE Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,057by Qode1 month ago
The QODE Optimizer plugin is developed to allow you to convert, compress and adjust file sizes for all the images found on your website.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 201/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

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

Image Optimization For SEO
Down in the last 7 days:13#4,157by Weblizar - WordPress Themes & Plugin1 month ago
Image Optimization For Seo is the wordPress plugin. This plugin Resize and Compress the images to boost your site speed. It's also replaces the t …
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 3.7(12)
- Downloads
- 24/day

EffortLess Simple Image Optimiser
Up in the last 7 days:782#23,124by domclic28 days ago
Automatically optimise uploaded images using the PHP GD library — no external APIs, no account required.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/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
Comment Pub
Down in the last 7 days:40#25,448by nowmediagroup13 years ago
Create a guestbook or local avatars or unique comments. The images be will resized on upload and originals deleted.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Resize for Chrome and Safari
#25,653by jamesdbruner13 years ago
Adds handles around images so you can resize them live in Chrome, Safari and other webkit browsers!
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Image Crop AI
Up in the last 7 days:5,469#41,840by bcupham4 years ago
Use the power of machine learning to crop images automatically.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Squishify
#73,013by XCast3D3 days ago
Optimize every upload automatically, in your browser — the full-size original never reaches your server. Or open the editor and do a batch by hand.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day