Stencil

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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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1. ★★★★★ famara2004

   5.4y ago

   Not working in wp 5.7

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2. ★★★★★ alainmelsens

   5.9y ago

   There is no good support. They say to answer me privately and then finally they say that my problem is not a priority. Then they closed my ticket as solved. This does not helping me further. In this case, even 1 star is too much. 🙁 They don’t care about issues from free users. This not good publicity. I will no longer recommend this product to anyone. Unless they follow it up honestly. This topic was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by alainmelsens.

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3. ★★★★★ Renaat

   6.7y ago

   Just amazing, installed the plugin, created a free account and all images are accessible and editable perfectly. I just hope to experience a fully compatible multisite experience. At the moment my sub site users can not benefit from the Stencil Plugin, only the super admin. This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Renaat.

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4. ★★★★★ Kerry Carron

   6.7y ago

   I’ve been using this in client sites for over a year. This is a well maintained, easy to use, and welcome addition to make choosing, adding, and editing images to articles a smooth process. The developer is active, responsive, and helpful in resolving issues when and if needed. Thanks for this plugin.

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5. ★★★★★ taropaa

   7.2y ago

   The service is pretty cool! Very useful for teams, allowing copywriters to manage a larger portion of the process, by allowing them to create the assets for a post themselves, using pre-defined templates. The plugin worked great for me (multisite, quite atypical setup). A very welcome and well working extension to a very intuitive product.

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6. ★★★★★ alexkarya

   7.4y ago

   Thanks for your work! All perfect! Just one think! MORE liberty plz)

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7. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 652281

   7.5y ago

   Wow, wow, wow! I have been using Stencil (since the early days when it was called “Share As Image”). It’s incredibly easy to use and powerful, but this WordPress plugin as a huge game changer for me. Now I can import my Stencil images directly and have WordPress optimize them. Great for my work on clients websites and I can let them sign up for their own account at the end. I am hugely impressed that within under a week they have added support for a number of Page Builders and allowed us to rename the image file name to SEO friendly. Stunning work. Thank you!! This topic was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by Anonymous User 652281.

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8. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   7.5y ago

   This is a great idea. It makes it so much easier to create custom images for Word Press posts.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9

Translated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings

Growth timeline

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

1. 2024-06-18 2K+ → 1K+ 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).

• Exif Caption 600+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• Exif Details 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Layout Grid Block 200K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
• Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ installs · 5.0★ · 1 shared tag A
• Media Library Assistant 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A

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Stencil: 1K+ active installs, 4.1★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/stencil