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TinyPNG – JPEG, PNG & WebP image compression

by TinyPNG · Performance

Speed up your website. Optimize your JPEG, PNG, and WebP images automatically with TinyPNG.

How scoring works →
88 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 88/100
Support 70/100

88 health vs 67 average across 1,076 Performance plugins

Directory ranking optimization

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How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

83 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 88/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 0/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-74% vs prior 30d
973Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

25.2K

now · peak 200.0K

25.2K30d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

TinyPNG · #319 you NitroPack · #481 Insights from Google · #1471 Solid Performance · #3428

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.5Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

252per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

15

releases in the last 12 months

2mo ago

latest release · v3.7.0

55

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.7.0 · 2mo ago3.6.14 · 3mo ago3.6.13 · 4mo ago3.6.12 · 6mo ago3.6.11 · 6mo ago3.6.10 · 6mo ago3.6.9 · 7mo ago3.6.8 · 7mo ago3.6.7 · 8mo ago3.6.6 · 8mo ago3.6.5 · 9mo ago3.6.4 · 9mo ago3.6.3 · 10mo ago3.6.2 · 11mo ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 38% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v3.7 38%
v3.6 28%
v3.4 18%
v3.2 7.1%
Older / other versions 8.9%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100K–200K ≈190K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-05-27 · 1,500 observations

100KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Details

Version
3.7.0
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2015-02-12 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. zamros
    1mo ago

    yes it does what it does..truly an amazing app 🔥🔥🔥

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  2. toshikisa
    1mo ago

    As I’m a long user of Tiny PNG (Through web site and API), I installed this plugin without any hesitation. The result is a I expected. Very high quality compression. Well done.

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  3. dvelkov
    1mo ago

    This plugin is awesome!

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  4. pedrodinis
    2mo ago

    Very useful and a great help!A lot of love for the panda. Thanks

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  5. wgraterol21
    3mo ago

    It’s great and really usefull

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  6. debbietomkies
    3mo ago

    Very easy to set up and runs quietly in the background with no fuss. Seems to be very effective. Very happy!

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  7. Jean Werk
    3mo ago

    I’ve been compressing images with this free plugin for years on some of my sites.

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  8. mariocacciottolo
    3mo ago

    Works very well

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 3.7.0 chore: migrated meta key from tiny_compress_images to _tiny_compress_images feat: when original is set to be compressed, it will also compress images filtered by big_image_size_threshold. 3.7.0
  2. Version 3.6.14 fix: added check for valid path before deleting converted image fix: use hook uninstall_plugin instead of uninstall.php to prevent dependency deletion 3.6.14
  3. Version 3.6.13 fix: will copy sizes attribute to picture element fix: will no longer clear logs on each save settings feat: if supported, can serve modern formats like webp/avif through htacess rules fix: when img has no src, will not 3.6.13
  4. Version 3.6.12 chore: updated tiny package to 1.6.4 fix: resolved warning when img tag was missing src attribute 3.6.12
  5. Version 3.6.9 fix: prevent picture element on product pages (WooCommerce) 3.6.9
  6. Version 3.6.8 feat: download logs and diagnostics chore: updated phpcs rules and formatting 3.6.8

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

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

  1. 2026-07-02 CVE-2026-7311 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects <= 3.6.13 Patched in 3.6.14
  2. 2024-09-30 CVE-2024-47635 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 3.4.3 Patched in 3.4.4

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 129 languages, 6 at 90% or more

Chinese (Taiwan) 100%
Dutch 100%
Dutch (Formal) 100%
Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
Swedish 90%
Portuguese (Brazil) 89%
German 84%
Russian 84%
Czech 82%
Spanish (Argentina) 82%
Romanian 81%
Slovak 81%
French (France) 80%
Greek 79%
Spanish (Colombia) 79%
Spanish (Ecuador) 79%
Spanish (Venezuela) 79%
Persian 75%
Hebrew 64%
Ukrainian 63%
Italian 52%
Japanese 51%
German (Formal) 48%

Plus 105 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-11-30 200K+ → 100K+ down

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