Best scaling plugins for WordPress
The most popular scaling plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Proportional Image Scaling leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of HyperDB (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “scaling” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 scaling plugins
- 1.
Proportional Image ScalingThe most installed scaling plugin, with 20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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HyperDB10+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 14 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
All 3 plugins tagged “scaling”
Proportional Image Scaling
Up in the last 7 days:476#27,667by sunside10 years ago
This plugin is an attempt to prevent distorted images when a CSS max-width rule is in effect and the image is inserted using the visual editor.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
HyperDB
Down in the last 7 days:122#32,316by Automattic4 years ago
HyperDB is an advanced database class that supports replication, failover, load balancing, and partitioning.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.1(14)
- Downloads
- 25/day