HW Image Widget
Image widget that will allow you to choose responsive or fixed sized behavior. Includes TinyMCE rich text editing of the text description.
4.4(14 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, HW Image Widget is a WordPress image plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 14 reviews. It has been downloaded 39K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 44% this week. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
4.4/514 reviews
1.0K+active installs
39K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
This widget requires WordPress 3.5 or newer.
Primary features of HW Image Widget:
- Allow you to choose responsive or fixed behavior.
- Fixed sized images allow you to define width/height with, or without kept aspect ratio.
- Responsive sized images will allow you to define “fill width” or not.
- Uses TinyMCE for rich text editing of the image text field.
- Allow you to create a custom widget HTML-template in the active theme to override the default layout.
- Default settings can be overridden using filter.
- Works with Carrington Build.
- Works with the theme customizer.
- Available in English and Swedish.
For more info, visit http://webartisan.se/hw-image-widget/
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great Plugin!!
by dloverly·6 years ago
This plugin works better in the widget sidebar than any other plugin I’ve used. Even though others say they are responsive, this one truly is! Thank you.
Dee
Very good
by uwestoever·9 years ago
Easy to use and many options.
Very Useful!
by swcomp·9 years ago
Easy to use and works well.
I really appreciate the fixed size option and also the TinyMCE text editor which was the deciding factor on me using this plugin.
The option to override the plugin’s image HTML template ( hwim-template.php ) as explained on your website is also a really nice touch.
It would have saved me typing if the widget had imported the caption and alt fields for images from the WordPress Media library to the text and alt fields in the Widget.
image is not uploading
by hardikkumar1987·10 years ago
It’s not working properly.
I couldn’t be able to add image.
Has always worked without bugs or whining
by hatfullofpiss·10 years ago
No problems at all here. Has always worked well on a busy recruiting site, so there.
Download Trends
Today: 10Yesterday: 3This week: 26Period total: 797
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v4.4
99.0%
v4.3
1.1%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
4.4
- Added option to fill width on responsive images.
- Added filter (hwim_load_backend) to allow backend to load on custom pages.
- Fixed several issues concerning the theme customizer.
Contributors
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