by imagekit 4.7 (13 reviews)

ImageKit - URL based image manipulation and optimization

Name: ImageKit - URL based image manipulation and optimization
Rating: 4.7 (13 reviews)
Author: imagekit

Faster & lighter experience for your users. Deliver optimized images on all platforms instantly using ImageKit.

ImageKit ranks #6,846 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #636 of 6,305 in the Media category, a 4.7/5 rating from 13 reviews, and was last updated Mar 16, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1)

v5.0.1 Current Version v5.0.1

Updated 6 months ago Last Update on 16 Mar, 2026

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#636 of 6,305 in Media Top 10% by installs Downloads -24.5% this week

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#6,846

-3 this week

Active Installs

1K+

-20.1%

KW Avg Position

18.5

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Downloads

31.6K

+11 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (13 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 3.6%

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Security History

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Plugin Details

Version: 5.0.1
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2026
Requires WP: 4.7+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: imagekit

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 13
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

image management image manipulation image optimisation image optimization images

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want faster, optimized image delivery for their users. It automatically updates image URLs in posts to serve images from ImageKit instead of the web server, enabling optimization and faster delivery.

Automatic image URL updates
Size, quality and format optimization
URL-based image transformations
Responsive images across devices
CDN-powered image delivery
Dashboard to monitor usage
SDKs for uploads and features

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about ImageKit - URL based image manipulation and optimization

Yes, you need to create an account on https://imagekit.io first to use this plugin.

This plugin changes the HTML content of the post to replace base URL with ImageKit endpoint so that images are loaded via ImageKit. I installed the plugin but Google pagespeed insights is still showing image related warnings This plugin automatically optimize the images and serve them in next-gen format including WebP. However, this plugin does not automatically resize the images as per the layout. WordPress 4.4 has added native support for responsive image. Learn more to make your themes image responsive.

No, this plugin automatically takes care of that.

Yes, you can email developer@imagekit.io to configure custom CNAME for your account and then specify that in the plugin setting page.

Yes, you can specify any number of custom directory locations on plugin settings page

ImageKit supports all popular image formats that cover 99.99% of the use case. On the settings page, you can further configure if you want to allow or disallow a particular file type to be loaded via ImageKit. I installed the plugin, but the ImageKit website analyzer is suggesting more optimization. This is because image dimensions are not as per the layout. We could have done it using Javascript in the frontend like other plugins, but we do not recommend it. The browser triggers the image load as soon as it sees an image URL in HTML and intentionally delaying this while Javascript calculates the ideal width will ultimately slow down the image load for your users. WordPress 4.4 has added native support for a responsive image. Learn more to make your themes image responsive.

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