WP SmartCrop

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1. ★★★★★ thall11

   3.8y ago

   I had to alter the plugin code slightly to allow it to work with custom sizes as well. It would also be nice if the smart crop dimensions weren’t removed upon plugin deactivation, also, if the smart cropping functionality was behind a user role privilege check.

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2. ★★★★★ Morten Ellegaard Larsen

   4.2y ago

   This function should be a core functionality! So when I found this little gem I was so happy.

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3. ★★★★★ dragon013

   7.2y ago

   The plugins worked quite well, but not in IE 11. There it broke the site. Sadly I got no help with that from the developer. So I stopped using it. Another downside (but probably not solvable by a plugin): the preview of links on facebook and twitter is still the non edited one.

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4. ★★★★★ Dadarocks

   7.4y ago

   Dont you hate it when you upload a picture to the featured image and its cropped completely wrong – like the focus of the picture isnt even the frame – THIS SOLVES that problem! Great plugin!

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5. ★★★★★ elronb

   7.5y ago

   Thank you for taking the time to create this awesome plugin for us.

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6. ★★★★★ leymannx

   7.5y ago

   Seems really promising but I didn’t got it working in WP 5.1.0. Neither WP Smart Crop v 2.0 (UI works, but output unchanged) nor 1.5. (UI doesn’t work anymore, can’t select focal point). This topic was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by leymannx.

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7. ★★★★★ vessnaws

   7.9y ago

   Supports only standard wordpress crops. Doesn’t work with custom theme’s crops

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8. ★★★★★ odamfm

   8.3y ago

   Time saving plugin, no more cropping by hand to get same height images. Great work!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.0.10 Remove references to plugin website 2.0.10
2. — Version 2.0.9 Fix attribute parsing issue 2.0.9
3. — Version 2.0.8 Add support for generic img tags with the default url format 2.0.8
4. — Version 2.0.7 Add support for figure markup 2.0.7
5. — Version 2.0.6 Test against WordPress 5.6.0 Fix a PHP Notice generated by admin settings UI (PR #12, props to @basvandenwijngaard) 2.0.6
6. — Version 2.0.5 Fix potential security concern 2.0.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.2

Growth timeline

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

1. 2024-11-30 5K+ → 4K+ down after 242 days in tier
2. 2024-04-02 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2024-04-01 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-03-31 4K+ → 5K+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2024-03-29 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-03-28 4K+ → 5K+ up

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).

• W WPThumb 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
• Imsanity 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• Advanced Custom Fields: Image Aspect Ratio Crop Field 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• Manual Image Crop 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv 1K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• WPSSO Tune WP Image Editors 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A

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WP SmartCrop: 4K+ active installs, 3.7★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-smartcrop