Forces WordPress to use the ImageMagick image library. This plugin is no longer maintained.
As of April 2026, Force use of ImageMagick image library is a WordPress exif plugin with 100 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 13K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Top alternative: Kraken.io Image Optimizer.
Forces WordPress to use the ImageMagick image library. This plugin only instructs WordPress to use the ImageMagick library. It doesn’t change how (or when) WordPress generates images, and it doesn’t provide any additional functionality for creating or resizing images.
If you need to know more about ImageMagick, then visit the official website. Full information about Post Thumbnails and image size and quality are in the WordPress Codex.
| WordPress | 4.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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