Auto Smart Thumbnails

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1. ★★★★★ site4sale

   3.5y ago

   quick and easy.thanks.

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2. ★★★★★ jorgitobg

   4.5y ago

   after activating the plugin I got a broken web… my theme templates stop working and lot of other plugins….

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3. ★★★★★ Irina

   4.6y ago

   I love this plugin. Very interesting and useful features. Thanks!

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4. ★★★★★ Anthony

   4.9y ago

   Thank you for making this plugin available

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5. ★★★★★ yiqiyiqi

   6.4y ago

   Especially in downsizing images and saving storage space. Some pictures may still have a face cut but I guess that’s up to the limit of the face detection algorithm. Try it for yourself.

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6. ★★★★★ qiuliu

   6.7y ago

   This plugin does automatic face detection when cropping a picture, first in its kind. You don’t need to be bothered to do manual cropping or selecting a face. And it trims down the storage use to less than half. I wonder why it’s not discovered and appreciated by website owners. This plugin is a mush-have. 1. It benefits anyone who use photos on their websites. Imagine how much storage you can save by downsizing a 12M photo to less than 500K while keeping the clarity of full high definition. 2. While there are WP plugins for users to choose or set face area manually for cropping, this is the only one that put face detection algorithms which have been there for 4 years in use. Imagine how the time or hassle you can save when uploading each photo? Yet it has an API to take the data from the manual plugins and better algorithms in the future. 3. Many site owners are annoyed by those thumbnails automatically generated no matter needed or not. This plugin cleans up them all. Imagine how lean and clean your media library will be. This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by qiuliu.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.1

Translated into 5 languages, 4 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-30 50+ → 60+ up after 7 days in tier
2. 2026-06-23 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in tier
3. 2026-06-20 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-06-19 60+ → 50+ down after 72 days in tier
5. 2026-04-08 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2026-04-06 60+ → 70+ up after 31 days in tier
7. 2026-03-06 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in tier
8. 2026-03-04 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in tier

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).

• Face Detection 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D

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Auto Smart Thumbnails: 60+ active installs, 4.3★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/auto-smart-thumbnails