Better image sizes
Dynamically generate only needed image sizes for only needed images, with manually selected focal point for crops
5(5 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 4 months agoAs of April 2026, Better image sizes is a WordPress media plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 22K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Downloads are up 8% this week. Top alternative: Safe SVG.
5/55 reviews
2.0K+active installs
22K+total downloads
4 yearssince 2022
Overview
This plugin is ment mostly for developers. You need to use its functions in your theme or plugin to make it works.
This plugin offers functionality like face detection crop, focal point selector for every image, function to output responsive <picture> sizes and more.
Why to use this plugin?
WordPress will automatically create a lot of smaller images for every uploaded image.
You mostly need just 1 or 2 of them, so this is a waste of your server space and resources.
Also cropped images are generated from the center by default, which can be a problem many times.
This plugin allows you to:
- disable autogenerated image sizes
- dynamically generate only needed image sizes for only needed images
- delete generated image sizes from this plugin individually or all together
- specify different foc…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Fantastic
by Code Muffin·2 months ago
Great plugin. It lets you cut out all the random image sizes (and their file bloat) so you can just make the image sizes you actually need. One of the first plugins I install for every build.
I’m so thankful to the developer for carrying on the legacy of the deprecated “Fly Images” plugin.
Excellent
by tedmw·6 months ago
This is a great successor to Fly Dynamic Image Resizer, which is no longer maintained. The focal-point picker is a feature I wish WP would add to core (see github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/20321).
Thanks for all your hard work on this plugin!
Superb!
by snoop23·9 months ago
Really love this plugin. Thanks for keeping it updated.
Top plugin !
by nauar·3 years ago
Simple and very usefull !
Great work!
Great plugin!
by arvoisa·3 years ago
Best in category.
Download Trends
Today: 28Yesterday: 45This week: 227Period total: 10K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.9
61.5%
v3.6
23.7%
v3.8
12.5%
Other
2.3%
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Changelog
3.9
- tested on WP 6.9
- new user role capability regenerate_images that allows users to regenerate images
Contributors
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