Best stock photography plugins for WordPress
The most popular stock photography plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Dreamstime Stock Photos leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Shutterstock (200+). All 2 plugins tagged “stock photography” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 stock photography plugins
- 1.
Dreamstime Stock PhotosThe most installed stock photography plugin, with 200+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 18 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 2.Shutterstock
200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
All 2 plugins tagged “stock photography”

Dreamstime Stock Photos
Down in the last 7 days:96#12,505by dreamstime5 months ago
Stock Photos by Dreamstime: Easily search and insert images into your posts and pages from Dreamstime's vast database of Free and Royalty-Free st …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.1(18)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Shutterstock
Up in the last 7 days:3#12,566by Shutterstock Plugins4 years ago
Insert Shutterstock's royalty-free content directly from the WordPress editor
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day