Adaptive Images for WordPress

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Reviewers who get it working call it fast and easy to set up, with a responsive developer, while others hit broken images, htaccess and path problems, and multisite trouble.

1. ★★★★★ kgbgrafix

   3.3y ago

   Does exactly what it says. Set-up takes less than a minute. Results are instant. Thank you! A+++

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2. ★★★★★ Psandeman

   4.1y ago

   An excellent plugin as mobile loading times are increasingly important for SEO. Got a very helpful response to support query from the author.

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3. ★★★★★ metaeditor

   5.7y ago

   Good Idea, worked some time ago. Now it brakes all my images. The htacess entry that produced by this Plugin was the problem. Moved to other image optimization strategy and wepb. Dont have the time to fix that single Plugin problem.

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4. ★★★★★ Zalium

   6.3y ago

   Struggling to get it working on one site, but works brilliantly on another site, much better than WP native responsive image solution.

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5. ★★★★★ garg4m3l

   6.9y ago

   i think it worked for one of my images? and only generated 1024. didnt generate more sizes even when i accessed it from 200×200 phone. so: didnt resize my images, especially featured images doesnt have srcset doesnt use custom sizes bad for seo cuz it will index each of ‘cached’ images as it replaces link in source code. srcset always points search engines to original image instead sry but this is awful

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6. ★★★★★ Yves

   6.9y ago

   This plugin works just as advertised, and it allows to use even non responsive Gutenberg blocks. The best of both worlds !

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7. ★★★★★ heldausberlin

   7.0y ago

   After having lots of problems with WP Retina 2x I was looking for an alternative solution that works with my multipurpose theme. This plugin is so simple and do what it has to do. It has no conflicts with other plugins (caching etc) and above all that there is a friendly and pleasant developer behind this plugin who spares no effort to help you. So there was/is a problem with WordPress in a subdirectory but reachable from root. But with a little help everything is fine now. Thanks! Update: Still one of my favorite plugins. And now finally fixed htaccess with site url in subdirectory. Thanks a lot! This topic was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by heldausberlin.

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8. ★★★★★ Denis Bolvinov

   7.2y ago

   Hello! Why didn’t you mention that plugin doesn’t work with multisite installations on main plugin page? It broke my entire network of about 20 sites except one, on which plugin was activated, so I didn’t notice that for all night… Please, make this notice in plugin description.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 0.6.73 Ensuring compatibility with WordPress core version 6.6.2. 0.6.73
2. — Version 0.6.72 Bug fix, htaccess stanza, home url in server root but site url in subdirectory. 0.6.72
3. — Version 0.6.71 Minor bug fix, validating cache directory path via regular expression. 0.6.71
4. — Version 0.6.70 Security fix, the cache directory was not sanitized against all cases. Thanks to Austin Turecek for finding the issue! 0.6.70
5. — Version 0.6.69 Security fix, the REQUEST_URI was not properly escaped in one case. Thanks to WPScan.com for finding the issue! 0.6.69
6. — Version 0.6.68 Added SameSite to resolution cookie. 0.6.68

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.1 Adaptive Images <= 0.6.68 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-01-11 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 0.6.68 Patched in 0.6.69
2. High · 7.5 Adaptive Images for WordPress <= 0.6.66 - Arbitrary File Deletion ↗
   2019-07-19 CVE-2019-14206 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects < 0.6.67 Patched in 0.6.67
3. High · 7.5 Adaptive Images for WordPress <= 0.6.66 - Local File Inclusion ↗
   2019-07-19 CVE-2019-14205 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') Affects < 0.6.67 Patched in 0.6.67

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.2

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-05-27 4K+ → 3K+ down after 416 days in tier
2. 2025-04-06 5K+ → 4K+ down after 323 days in tier
3. 2024-05-18 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-05-17 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2024-05-16 6K+ → 5K+ down after 372 days in tier
6. 2023-05-10 7K+ → 6K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Compress, Resize & Lazy Load Images – WPvivid Image Optimization 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Imagify Image Optimization: Optimize Images | Compress & Convert to WebP/AVIF 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
• Converter for Media – Optimize images | Convert WebP & AVIF 500K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF 300K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
• Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A

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Adaptive Images for WordPress: 3K+ active installs, 4.7★ (56 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/adaptive-images