by Cloudinary 4 (64 reviews)

Cloudinary - Deliver Images and Videos at Scale

Name: Cloudinary - Deliver Images and Videos at Scale
Rating: 4.0 (64 reviews)
Author: Cloudinary

Boost the performance of your WordPress site by optimizing your images and videos with the Cloudinary WordPress Plugin. WordPress developers, content …

Cloudinary ranks #3,209 among WordPress.org plugins with 5,000+ active installations, is #106 of 1,150 in the Editor & Writing category, a 4/5 rating from 64 reviews, and was last updated Sep 23, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v3.3.8 Current Version v3.3.8

Updated 10 hours ago Last Update on 23 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#106 of 1,150 in Editor & Writing Top 5% by installs Downloads -16.7% this week Actively maintained

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#3,209

+4 this week

Active Installs

5K+

-5.9%

KW Avg Position

86.4

0.8 worse

Downloads

422.8K

+64 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

80%

Review 4 out of 5

4 (64 reviews)

Next Milestone 6K

Total Progress 30.3%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.0

64 reviews

Overall 80%

42 (66%)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Jan 22, 2026 UNPATCHED

Cloudinary – Deliver Images and Videos at Scale [cloudinary-image-management-and-manipulation-in-the-cloud-cdn] <= 3.3.2 (unfixed)

CVE-2026-24560 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.3.8
Last Updated: Sep 23, 2026
Requires WP: 6.3+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Cloudinary

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4
Reviews: 64
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress developers, content creators, and administrators running sites from individual blogs to enterprise scale. It solves the problem of slow-loading images and videos by optimizing, transforming, and delivering them responsively through Cloudinary.

Automatic image and video optimization
AI-powered smart cropping
Automated thumbnail generation
Automated video transcoding
Responsive image delivery
Lazy loading with placeholders
Headless and UI-based deployment support
WooCommerce support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Cloudinary - Deliver Images and Videos at Scale

To use the Cloudinary plugin and all the functionality that comes with it, you will need to have a Cloudinary Account. If you don’t have an account yet, sign up now for a free Cloudinary Programmable Media account. You’ll start with generous usage limits and when your requirements grow, you can easily upgrade to a plan that best fits your needs.

If you left all the settings as default, all your current media will begin syncing with Cloudinary. Once syncing is complete, your media will be optimized and delivered using Cloudinary URLs and you should begin seeing improvements in performance across your site.

Most common media files are supported for optimization and delivery by Cloudinary. For free accounts, you will not be able to deliver PDF or ZIP files by default for security reasons. If this is a requirement, please contact our support team who can help activate this for you. To deliver additional file types via Cloudinary, you can extend the functionality of the plugin using the actions and filters the plugin exposes for developers

To function correctly, the Cloudinary plugin requires an active WordPress REST API connection. Ensure your WordPress setup, including multisite or headless configurations, has the REST API enabled and active for seamless plugin operation. For more information, see WordPress’s REST API Handbook.

Absolutely! Cloudinary is fully compatible with WPML, the leading WordPress multilingual plugin, and is officially recommended for seamless media management across multiple languages. Cloudinary ensures that your media assets are efficiently handled on your multilingual site. For more details, visit WPML's official page on Cloudinary compatibility.

We’re compatible with most other plugins so we expect it to work absolutely fine. If you do have any issues, please contact our support team who will help resolve your issue.

Yes, the Cloudinary plugin has full support for WooCommerce. We also have additional functionality that allows you to add a fully optimized Product Gallery.

Your images may be loading locally for a number of reasons: The asset has been selected to be delivered from WordPress. You can update this for each asset via the WordPress Media Library. Your asset is stored outside of your WordPress storage. The asset is not properly synced with Cloudinary. You can find the sync status of your assets in the WordPress Media Library.

The Cloudinary lazy loading scripts must be loaded in the page head. Ensure your site or any 3rd party plugins are not setup to move these scripts.