ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization
Start serving properly sized, smart cropped & optimized images, plus CSS, JS and fonts from our CDN with a click; Automatic AVIF & WebP support.
4.8(143 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 2 weeks agoAs of April 2026, ShortPixel Adaptive Images is a WordPress AVIF plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 143 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.5M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.6.40+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 52% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Modern Image Formats.
4.8/5143 reviews
10K+active installs
100%resolved
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
An easy-to-use plugin that lets you solve any problems with images and improve your website’s Core Web Vitals in a minute.
Imagine if you could solve all your website’s image-related problems and increase pagespeed and performance with a simple click, would not that be great?
Usually, images are the biggest resource on a web page. With just one click, ShortPixel Adaptive Images replaces all the pictures on your website with properly sized, smartly-cropped and optimized images and uploads them to ShortPixel’s global CDN.
And for even more Google love, the plugin delivers next-gen WebP or AVIF images to the right browsers auto-magically! 🙂
Using ShortPixel Adaptive Images also helps with Core Web Vitals (CWV)‘s Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), First Input Delay (FID)…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Shortpixel AI, a hassle free plugin that greatly improves PageSpeed score.
by spinquads·1 month ago·1 reply
As the title says, Pagespeed Insights gave a score of 92 on mobile and 99 to 100 on desktop with no visible loss of quality on the web page. What I also like is the very reasonable one time pricing and the fast CDN. Shortpixel also gives 100 free credits a month!
Great plugin and great team!
by jeremywardkcc·4 months ago·1 reply
I’ve recently added SPIO across all our WordPress sites. (I work for a NFP managing 10 of their sites.) I’m impressed by ShortPixel’s compression and performance. Adrian and the team have offered great support. And they’ve offered discounts/bonus credits for us as a NFP organisation!
Slowed my site until I deleted it and removed DB Table.
by Tamhas·1 year ago·1 reply
Not here to diss you guys. Your image optimiser plugin is great!! But this one, it didn’t speed up my site, but rather made it super slow on first load. Maybe my error even. BUT when I turned off plugin and checked the inbuilt delete DB tables option, the site was still slow. I had to download WP Optimize and delete the inactive DB tables of the ShortPixel Adaptive Images plugin, then the site was instantly fast again. Probably a rare problem, but if this happens to you, that’s the fix.
Absolutely fantastic plugin! Support is also very helpful.
by kolicoski·1 year ago·1 reply
Absolutely fantastic plugin! Support is also very helpful.
It just works
by lprwebdude·1 year ago·1 reply
No muss. No fuss. No twisting knobs. ShortPixel just works. Great product and support.
Download Trends
Today: 151Yesterday: 183This week: 1KPeriod total: 117K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6.40+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.11
68.7%
Other
15.7%
v3.10
10.4%
v3.8
5.1%
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Changelog
3.11.2
🛡️ The Compatibility & Security Update
Release Date: March 19, 2026
🛠️ Fixes
- open_basedir Warning Fix: Resolved cases where open_basedir restrictions triggered PHP warnings, including when using the “Replace in CSS” option.
✨ Tweaks & Improvements
- Chatbot Expansion: The ShortPixel AI chatbot is now available in the Settings and onboarding pages for quicker assistance.
- CSP Nonce Integration: Added support for Content Security Policy (CSP) nonces to improve compatibility with stricter security setups.
Update now for improved compatibility, smoother setup, and enhanced security support! 🚀
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