ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP… vs Plus WebP or AVIF (2026)

Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.

ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…

ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…

4.8(143)

10K+ active installs

Free

Updated 2 weeks ago
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Plus WebP or AVIF

Plus WebP or AVIF

4.6(26)

5.0K+ active installs

Free

Updated 6 days ago
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Quick Verdict

As of April 2026, ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP… has a higher user rating (4.8/5 from 143 reviews) and leads in active installations (10K+ vs 5.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP… has accumulated 1.5M+ total downloads while Plus WebP or AVIF has 67K+.

Detailed Comparison

Rating
4.8/5ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…
Plus WebP or AVIF4.6/5
Total Reviews
143ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…
Plus WebP or AVIF26
Active Installs
10K+ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…
Plus WebP or AVIF5.0K+
Total Downloads
1.5M+ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…
Plus WebP or AVIF67K+
Support Resolution
100%ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…
Plus WebP or AVIFN/A
Last Updated
2 weeks agoShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…
Plus WebP or AVIF6 days ago
First Released
2018ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…
Plus WebP or AVIF2019
Age
8 yearsShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…
Plus WebP or AVIF7 years
WP Requires
4.7+ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…
Plus WebP or AVIF6.6+
PHP Requires
5.6.40+ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…
Plus WebP or AVIF8.1+
Business Model
FreeShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…
Plus WebP or AVIFFree
Latest Version
3.11.2ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…
Plus WebP or AVIF5.11

Rating Breakdown

ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP…

4.8/5(143 reviews)
5
93%
4
1%
3
3%
2
0%
1
3%

Plus WebP or AVIF

4.6/5(26 reviews)
5
88%
4
0%
3
0%
2
4%
1
8%

Recent Reviews

ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP… Reviews

by spinquads

Shortpixel AI, a hassle free plugin that greatly improves PageSpeed score.

As the title says, Pagespeed Insights gave a score of 92 on mobile and 99 to 100 on desktop with no visible loss of quality on the web page. What I also like is the very reasonable one time pricing an

by jeremywardkcc

Great plugin and great team!

I’ve recently added SPIO across all our WordPress sites. (I work for a NFP managing 10 of their sites.) I’m impressed by ShortPixel’s compression and performance. Adrian and the team have offered grea

by Tamhas

Slowed my site until I deleted it and removed DB Table.

Not here to diss you guys. Your image optimiser plugin is great!! But this one, it didn’t speed up my site, but rather made it super slow on first load. Maybe my error even. BUT when I turned off plug

Plus WebP or AVIF Reviews

by yondermann

Excellent piece of work!

It’s a refreshingly easy to handle plugin and it works perfectly well. It does what it needs to!

by Делай Сайт

Хороший выбор

Отличный плагин. Делает свою работу на все 100%

by robinnon

Renaming the email sender name

After updating to version 4.09, I had to turn off the plugin, as it began to change the sender name for all letters coming from my site to mail using the following template “[ Site name ] WebP generat

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP… or Plus WebP or AVIF more popular?
ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP… has 10K+ active installations while Plus WebP or AVIF has 5.0K+. ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP… is the more widely-used plugin as of April 2026.
Which has better ratings — ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP… or Plus WebP or AVIF?
ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP… has a 4.8/5 rating from 143 reviews, while Plus WebP or AVIF has a 4.6/5 rating from 26 reviews.
Are ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP… and Plus WebP or AVIF free?
ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP… is free and Plus WebP or AVIF is free. Both can be downloaded from the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Which plugin has better support — ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP… or Plus WebP or AVIF?
Support resolution data is not available for all plugins. Check each plugin's WordPress.org support forum for current response quality.
Which plugin is updated more frequently?
ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP… was last updated 2 weeks ago and Plus WebP or AVIF was last updated 6 days ago.

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