ACF field that allows user to crop image to a specific aspect ratio or pixel size
As of April 2026, Advanced Custom Fields: Image Aspect Ratio Crop Field is a WordPress acf plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 26 reviews. It has been downloaded 311K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Downloads are up 23% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®).
A field for Advanced Custom Fields that forces the user to crop their image to specific aspect ratio or pixel size after uploading. Using an aspect ratio is especially useful in responsive image use cases.
After cropping, a new cropped image variant is created in the gallery and saved into the post. Thumbnails are also generated for the new image. User can re-crop the original image at any time from the post page.
The cropped image variants are hidden by default in the media browser and on the media page but you can view them by selecting the “list view” on the media page.
There are three modes of operation: aspect ratio, pixel size and free crop. You can select this option when creating the field in ACF field options.
Use this option if you want the image to be o…
Does not work on gutenberg blocks 🙁
This is absolutely fantastic! I no longer have to instruct my clients how to crop images for the web using Photoshop or similar tools, it’s all done within WP!
I ran a few tests to see how well it works:
– changed “image” ACF field to “Image Aspect Ratio Crop”. All existing image/page connections are retained.
– changed the field back to “image” and disabled the plugin. All remains as is.
This all feels very robust. What a great job creating this plugin, thank you so much!!
For us who use frontend forms to let visitors submit posts, this tool in incredibly useful!
Functional, well-designed, and fast!
I really love it, and frankly I don’t know what I’do without it. So thanks a lot for this awesome plugin!
Wow, this plugin is absolutely PHENOMENAL! I sure hope that others will chip in and support this amazing developer. This plugin is perfect for allowing end users to add their own images without breaking your theme design.
I’m so glad I found this plugin. My sincere thanks to the developer!
Exactly what i was looking for to ensure Users were uploading avatars in square format. Thank you
| WordPress | 4.9+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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