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WP Strip Image Metadata

Strip image metadata on upload or via bulk action, and view image EXIF data.

By Sami Falah·Exif·Free
5(3 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 years ago
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As of April 2026, WP Strip Image Metadata is a WordPress exif plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.9+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Meow Lightbox.

5/53 reviews
1.0K+active installs
3.6K+total downloads
4 yearssince 2022

Overview

WP Strip Image Metadata is a privacy focused WordPress plugin that helps in removing potentially sensitive metadata from your uploaded images.

What is image metadata?

Image metadata is extra information embedded in image files. This information is stored in a variety of formats and contains items like the model of the camera that took a photo.

However, image metadata may also contain identifying information such as the GPS location coordinates of an image taken with a smartphone for example.

This plugin provides an easy enabled/disabled setting so you can make the call on when image metadata should be removed.

Note: this plugin requires the “Imagick” or “Gmagick” PHP extension to function.

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

Great plugin
by Stanislav Khromov·3 years ago

Excellent plugin, simple and to the point. Confirmed it works perfectly via the “Edit more details” link when viewing an image in the media gallery.

Works as it should
by ernst A·3 years ago

Simple but most effective.
Removes the exif and meta data from images in the native image folder.

1 issue I came across that -scaled images block the plugin from functioning so with batch removal make sure you uncheck the scaled images..

Thank you for creating this!

  • This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by ernst A.
Awesome work
by muhmentz·3 years ago·4 replies

Hi,

Great work you’ve done with this plugin. Perfect timing considering the privacy concerns of our world today.

I’d like to kindly ask you to add the ability to remove “description” of uploaded images in real time too. Some plugins automatically add unnecessary data … The media related ones anyway and this is why it’s a goldmine.

The only case where metadata is stored is if we go back to edit the image manually. Looking forward to your response/update.

Thanks for an awesome work and hopefully, we can see more tools that continue to take privacy seriously

Download Trends

Today: 3Yesterday: 2This week: 20Period total: 829

Compatibility

WordPress5.9+ requiredTested up to 6.0.11
PHP7.4+ required

Version Adoption

v1.0
100.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0 – 2022-06-12

  • Initial plugin release.

See the previous changelogs here

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Sami FalahSami Falah
Plugin Info
Version
1.0
Last Updated
Jun 12, 2022
WP Requires
5.9+
Tested Up To
6.0.11
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
1.0K+
Downloads
3.6K+
Added
Jun 12, 2022
Business
Free

Tags

exifimagestripprivacymetadata

Developer

S
Sami Falah
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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