ImageMagick Engine
Improve the quality of re-sized images by replacing standard GD library with ImageMagick.
4.4(16 reviews)
·60K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, ImageMagick Engine is a WordPress gd plugin with 60K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 16 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.3M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 3523% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Improved Image Editor.
4.4/516 reviews
60K+active installs
100%resolved
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
Dramatically improve the quality of re-sized images by making WordPress use ImageMagick instead of standard GD image library.
Features
- Preserve embedded color profile in re-sized image
- Automatically recognize custom image sizes
- Allow regeneration of existing images (optionally for selected image sizes only)
- Configure image quality or use dynamically computed default value
- Optimize different image sizes for either quality or size
Lnguages: English, French, German, Swedish, Turkish
Requires either ImageMagick binary or Imagick PHP module.
Contribute
Code repo available on https://github.com/orangelabweb/imagemagick-engine/
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Needs updating for latest engine
by affinityinspiration·1 year ago
There are now errors being thrown on the latest version of WordPress and PHP. A warning about convert no longer being used, in place of magic.
Last update bring error 500 at my server, with php 5.6, sorry
by iogu1967·2 years ago
Last update bring error 500 at my server, with php 5.6, sorry
CAUTION
by terrawide·3 years ago
Be careful if you’re using a Plugin like Real Media. The ImageMagick Engine does not respect the Directory structure the Real Media Plugin creates.
This issue most likely does not affect many people, so it’s just a cautionary note to watch out for and not a complaint about the ImageMagick Engine Plugin. Although it would be a nice addition to this plugin as a cool refinement.
Also on the subject of PNGs, the compression is not optimal. Again, not the fault of this plugin, but the underlying ImageMagick binary or PHP implementation. Here’s the quick data – Original Image 353 KB (3599 x 937), ImageMagick Engine 123 KB (768 x 200), Standard WordPress 117 KB (768 x 200), Corel Product 33 KB (768 x 200).
And no, the above is not a mistake or typo when noting the size of the ImageMagick VS Standard WordPress. And yes, the compression setting could be adjusted in the ImageMagick Engine configuration, but the above reflects the default of 70 (percent).
Corel did an outstanding job given the image ended up a quarter of the size of IME or SWP. And zooming and inspecting the image on a 4K monitor showed no discernible difference. So sadly, doing it manually with Corel (or possibly other products) is the way for us to go right now.
But still, this is a good plugin and this review is not intended to be derogatory or mean. But there are some refinements and improvements to made with it. Thanks for making the plugin.
Simple, functional
by aurelienpierre·4 years ago·2 replies
The thumbnail regeneration could be a bit faster though. I have used it for longer than I can remember, at least 5 years.
- This topic was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by aurelienpierre.
I DONT LEAVE REVIEWS BUT…
by captnanubis·5 years ago
This is the first review i have ever left for any plugin. this is the best free plugin ever it increases quality in uploaded graphics for wordpress. it recognises the changes in php files i am in love with this plugin. thank you thank you
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.7
57.3%
v1.8
33.8%
Other
9.0%
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Changelog
1.8.0
- Security fixes: output escaping, input sanitization, removed inline JS event handlers
- Replace shell exec with proc_open to prevent shell injection without requiring escapeshellcmd
- Fix translations not loading
- Fix double-escaping bug in CLI path validation
- Fix duplicate option key bug in default settings
…and 6 more changes
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