Menu Image, Icons made easy vs Replace Image (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Menu Image, Icons made easy
100K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Replace Image has a higher user rating (4.6/5 from 65 reviews) while Menu Image, Icons made easy leads in active installations (100K+ vs 9.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Menu Image, Icons made easy has accumulated 2.1M+ total downloads while Replace Image has 120K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Menu Image, Icons made easy | Replace Image | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.5/5 | ► | 4.6/5 |
| Total Reviews | 123 | ◄ | 65 |
| Active Installs | 100K+ | ◄ | 9.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 2.1M+ | ◄ | 120K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 8 months ago | ◄ | 1 year ago |
| First Released | 2013 | 2015 | |
| Age | 13 years | 11 years | |
| WP Requires | 4.4.0+ | 3.5+ | |
| PHP Requires | false+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 3.13 | 1.1.11 |
Rating Breakdown
Menu Image, Icons made easy
Replace Image
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Menu Image, Icons made easy averaged approximately 196 daily downloads while Replace Image averaged 24.
Recent Reviews
Menu Image, Icons made easy Reviews
not scaling images
The plugin does not actually scale the images in the menu and displays them only in full size.
Pésimo
Pésimo, parace un virus… daña todo y no se deja desinstalar This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by ozonodigital.
It works – simple
Its the only image menu which worked for me. Easy to set up. My wishes: would be good to can change the image on active status. Thanks.
Replace Image Reviews
If one checks how it works, it’s great
I didn’t understand how it worked at the beginning. And I’m sure those who wrote bad reviews felt the same way. But now I’ve understood how to do it and it works perfectly.The plugin doesn’t work like
This is helpful, but not really what I needed
Ideally, there would be a setting like “Enable Drag to replace” and this would allow me to drag and drop a replacement file into the media file upload screen, with the same name as an existing
Works perfectly and has no bloat/ads
It does exactly what it’s supposed to do. I don’t know why some people say that it creates a new image instead of replacing, perhaps they don’t complete the process… Yes, you need to upload the new im
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