Perfect Images: Regenerate Thumbnails, Image Sizes, WebP & AVIF

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315 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 257 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

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Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ pedroluisacosta

   4mo ago

   Llevo bastante tiempo utilizando Perfect Images en mi sitio web y se ha vuelto una pieza clave para cuidar la estética y el rendimiento visual de mi catálogo. WordPress, por defecto, duplica cada imagen que subes en múltiples tamaños que muchas veces ni utilizas. Si a eso le sumas que cambias de plantilla o modificas el diseño con Elementor, las imágenes antiguas pueden empezar a verse borrosas o estiradas. Este plugin soluciona exactamente ese dolor de cabeza.muchas garcias

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2. ★★★★★ Walter Viana

   10mo ago

   When it comes to obtaining lightweight, professional-quality images, this plugin is the perfect choice. Fidelity boils down to delivering the real image in Webp and Avif format without introducing elements that show a modified image to make it look good. In this plugin, quality is taken seriously and without complications. You don’t need to waste time checking if this plugin is doing what it should do, because it simply does it, and does it magnificently. If you have a lot of images, this is the right plugin. If you have thousands of images, this is the magnificent plugin! The full version is worth every penny!

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3. ★★★★★ FinnSommer

   11mo ago

   I can confidently recommend Perfect Images — it’s the kind of plugin that should really be part of WordPress core: lightweight, sensible, and gives developers and site-owners real control over their media library. Whether you manage a small blog, a complex site with galleries, or a large portfolio of images, this plugin is a great foundation for clean, efficient image handling. Thanks to Jordy Meow for building such a thoughtful, reliable tool — it definitely deserves a spot in every WordPress installation.

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4. ★★★★★ dillhausen

   1.1y ago

   I evaluated Perfect Images (free version) as a replacement for plugin Regenerate Thumbnails (whose author sadly passed away and thus the plugin is not maintained any longer, although it still works). I found Perfect Images very useful, especially regarding the following features: permanently disable unused WP thumbnail sizes (this is not possible in Regenerate Thumbnails, so I previously disabled the standard WP 1536px image size in the media.php, but this is overwritten from time to time, and I never found where the 736px image size is declared, so I could not disable this one) The dashboard shows images with old unused thumnail sizes and you can regenerate thumbnails (including deleting old unused sizes after disabling them) from the dashboard like with all of Jeordy’s plugins, I appreciate the focus on lean development, speed, and performance I did not (yet) use the retina or AI features, so no opinion on those. This plugin really has the potential for a five star rating, but it is not quite there. I’m really missing some features: it’s almost impossible to find a specific image in the dashboard, except for the most recent uploads, because it lacks search capabilities. Nobody wants to page through an endless number of pages in order to find an image. There should be at least the standard search capabilities of WP media library in the dashboard: by date, by category (I don’t use tags a lot, but many people might appreciate a tag search as well), and ideally also a free text search by title/caption/alt text etc. Instead of re-implementing the standard WP media search capabilities in the dashboard, you could integrate Perfect Images into the WP media library via the bulk action tool (just like Regenerate Thumbnails does, i.e. the search and selection of images is done in the WP media library, and then under bulk actions there is a possibility to switch to the Perfect Images dashboard with the selected images being handed over). you can set the number of items per page in the dashboard drop down list, but this is not stored anywhere. Why doesn’t it remember the last selection I made? Or have the possibility to set a default value in the settings? And why is 250 the maximum value, why not include 500 or even 1000? In the end, it should be my decision to wait a little longer for a longer list but then scroll faster, or to have little wait lime for a shorter list, but then need to page through endless pages… when you regenerate the Thumbnails via the Build Thumbnails button, it would be great to have an option if you want to delete the old unused sizes or not. I appreciate it currently deletes them (although the documentation and tooltips do not reflect this), but the decision should made by the user I would like to see the thumbnails in the dashoard in their original aspect ratio instead of being all squares In short: a great tool (and I really appreciate it being free!) with some room for improvements Thank you! This topic was modified 9 months, 2 weeks ago by dillhausen. This topic was modified 9 months, 2 weeks ago by dillhausen. Reason: correct typos

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5. ★★★★★ winderix

   1.1y ago

   Reduction of image size is easier done than enlargement. But Perfect images does a very good job of enlarging small images to fit the feature image size set by my theme. The enlarged image could use some shapening though. 5 to 10% at most. It’s a little fuzzy now. An option to automatically remove Exim data for GDPR would be a welcome additional feature. All in all, a great plugin. I have the Pro version. Worth every penny. highly recommended.

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6. ★★★★★ Luis

   1.3y ago

   I have been using Perfect Images for several months. Very reliable and useful for big images.

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7. ★★★★★ ramydemy

   1.4y ago

   It’s easy to use and does a great job

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8. ★★★★★ arutha176

   1.4y ago

   Very good plugin. The dashboard is a little confusing at first, but works well!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 7.1.8 Fix: Ensure correct file permissions are set for generated WebP and AVIF images. Fix: Preserve original dimensions during retina image upload when they already match. 🎵 Discuss with others about Wp Retina 2x on the Disc 7.1.8
2. — Version 7.1.7 Fix: Fixed dashboard styling for NekoUI 2026. Fix: Fixed missing historyReader reference. Fix: Fixed rendering loop with tooltip. Fix: Ensure correct file permissions for generated WebP/AVIF images. 7.1.7
3. — Version 7.1.6 Update: Reworked the ignore workflow for image entries in the dashboard. Fix: Engine functions now correctly check whether an image is set to ignored before processing. Update: Better UI/UX. 🎵 Discuss with others about 7.1.6
4. — Version 7.1.5 Add: Meta box in the attachment editor for regenerating thumbnails directly from the media edit screen. 7.1.5
5. — Version 7.1.4 Add: New options to disable AVIF and WebP thumbnail generation. Add: Ignore list for modern image formats so specific images or paths can be excluded from AVIF and WebP processing. 7.1.4
6. — Version 7.1.3 Fix: Hotfix to prevent Easy IO and Modern Formats from being enabled at the same time. Fix: Corrected disabled image sizes that were incorrectly shown as pending. Update: Refreshed the Image Tools inspector. Fix: Improve 7.1.3

All 4 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (7.2.5). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 4.3 Perfect Images <= 7.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Image Replacement ↗
   2026-10-30 CVE-2025-11455 Missing Authorization Affects <= 7.2.0 Patched in 7.2.1
2. Patched Medium · 5.3 WP Retina 2x <= 6.4.5 - Sensitive Information Exposure ↗
   2023-11-28 CVE-2023-44982 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 6.4.5 Patched in 6.4.6
3. Patched Medium · 6.1 Perfect Images <= 5.2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2018-01-14 CVE-2018-20983 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 5.2.3 Patched in 5.2.3
4. Patched Medium · 6.1 WP Retina 2x <= 5.2.0 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2017-11-27 CVE-2018-0511 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 5.2.0 Patched in 5.2.2

Translated into 53 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Plus 29 more locales with partial translations.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-04-02 70K+ → 60K+ down after 277 days in tier
2. 2025-06-29 80K+ → 70K+ down after 211 days in tier
3. 2024-11-30 90K+ → 80K+ down after 229 days in tier
4. 2024-04-15 100K+ → 90K+ down

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Perfect Images: Regenerate Thumbnails, Image Sizes, WebP & AVIF: 60K+ active installs, 4.8★ (279 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-retina-2x