ImageKit – URL based image manipulation and optimization

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 46% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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7 of the last 11 four- and five-star reviews came from accounts created within a month of posting the review, and 6 of those landed between 2017-02-07 and 2017-03-01.

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1. ★★★★★ rahul133

   3.4y ago

   Best free cdn images for wordpress etc.

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2. ★★★★★ iSaumya

   6.4y ago

   To be very honest I have used ImageKit before but this is the first time using it with WordPress and I must say the plugin works flawlessly. The only shortcoming of the plugin is that it doesn’t replace the image URLs inside the CSS (like background images). Which was a big negative in my opinion. If I consider this plugin like a CDN plugin then both CDN Enabler (by KeyCDN) & W3 Total Cache CDN replaces image URL inside CSS files, inline CSS & internal CSS but for some reason, this plugin does not. So, if this plugin also provides that feature in future will definitely update my review to 5 stars and can wholeheartedly recommend this to all my WordPress clients. This topic was modified 6 years ago by iSaumya.

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3. ★★★★★ skylinks

   6.4y ago

   Honestly this is far far better then other over rated plugins , we have used some other plugins in past & most of these will trick you to buy premium packages but thats not the case with Imagekit these guys look pretty transparent with customers right now. everything is well explained & its pretty easy to configure.

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4. ★★★★★ dear.leader

   6.5y ago

   I’ve become a huge fan of Imagekit over the past year of using it. It’s easy to get started with and more important for myself, it’s highly configurable. At first I was a bit apprehensive when I saw Imagekit advertise the variety of sites and frameworks they integrate with because that often means that something like this WordPress plugin ends up poorly maintained or with incomplete functionality because resources are spread too thin. But this plugin’s been rock solid since I’ve been using it. No bugs (that I’ve noticed) and it supports all the functionality and customization that the service provides. I suppose one exception is that there’s no way to sync your WordPress media library images with Imagekit’s media library, so I’ve had to handle that myself with their API. The only other thing I’d like to see improved with this plugin is the option to configure settings using constants in wp-config.php. I manage a multisite installation and have to manually configure the same settings on each site.

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5. ★★★★★ yo928

   6.7y ago

   Use Amazon CloudFront CND is very google.

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6. ★★★★★ lvsh

   7.2y ago

   After fumbling around with Cloudinary for hours (and unable in the end to get it to do what I wanted), I stumbled across ImageKit and gave it a try. Works right out of the box, just as they say. Could not be easier for a beginner to set up, and has everything anyone could want in terms of optimization and transformations.

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7. ★★★★★ Robert Neu

   9.0y ago

   This plugin and service sounds like it could be pretty cool, but unfortunately it’s not ready for production environments yet. The plugin does not support custom wp-content directory locations and the way the rewrites work is fragile at best. Hopefully they’re able to improve the plugin because the service looks pretty interesting!

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8. ★★★★★ alok7131

   9.5y ago

   Kudos to imagekit.io

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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).

• Gumlet – Image optimization with Resize, Compression, Lazy load, Caching & CDN delivery 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags A
• S Specify Missing Image Dimensions 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• Auto Cloudinary 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• Image Optimization – Compress Images and Convert to WebP or AVIF 1M+ installs · 2.0★ · 1 shared tag C
• 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

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ImageKit – URL based image manipulation and optimization: 1K+ active installs, 4.7★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/imagekit