A plugin that helps you generate a picture element for creating responsive images. Retina support is included out of the box.
As of April 2026, Picture Element Responsive and Retina Images is a WordPress picture plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: ImageMagick Engine.
WordPress has introduced the srcset feature into core which is great but this plugin goes a step further to help theme developers use the picture element with a fallback to a standard image tag and srcset.
This plugin also offers support for on the fly image generation plugins. In fact it’s hugely encouraged to use one as this plugin can cause image uploads to slow down otherwise.
It also offers support for 2x and 3x images for retina screens so you can serve the best image possible for your visitors.
First you need to define your image sizes, similar to add_image_size. This particular function is optional but recommended because it also creates 2x and 3x images for retina.
E.G. add_image_size_for_picture('mobile_images', 320, 0, true);
| WordPress | 4.0.0+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
1.0.0 – Initial version of the plugin
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