10 Best Get the Image Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Get the Image has 7,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Get the Image
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Thumbnail Upscale
Closest match4.8 (22) 3,000+ active installsEnables upscaling of thumbnails for small media attachments
Shares the image, images, thumbnail tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.8 (90) 30,000+ active installsRebuild your media library one image at a time, without script timeouts - and optimise, replace, or write WebP and AVIF copies of your images.
Shares the image, thumbnail tags on WordPress.org. About 4.3 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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4.8 (38) 30,000+ active installsEasily control whether the featured image appears in the single post or page view (doesn't hide it in archive/list view).
Shares the image, thumbnail tags on WordPress.org. About 4.3 times the installs, last updated May 3, 2026.
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5.0 (23) 2,000+ active installsAdd the featured image into your RSS feed (in the media:content). Works nicely with Mailchimp (|RSSITEM:IMAGE|). Light and simple, no options, no clut …
Shares the image, thumbnail tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since October 12, 2023.
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4.7 (52) 20,000+ active installsDisables right click context menu on images to help deter leeches from stealing images.
Shares the image, images tags on WordPress.org. About 2.9 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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4.6 (91) 60,000+ active installsThis plugin lets you create custom image sizes for your site. Override your theme sizes directly on the Media settings page, regenerate thumbnails, an …
Shares the image, images tags on WordPress.org. About 8.6 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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4.3 (106) 20,000+ active installsAutomatically detect external images in the post content and import images to your site then adding to the media library and replace image urls.
Shares the image, images tags on WordPress.org. About 2.9 times the installs, no update since December 16, 2022.
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4.6 (305) 10,000+ active installsHighlights images on hover and adds a Pinterest "Pin It" button over them for easy pinning.
Shares the image, images tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since October 1, 2020.
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4.2 (288) 40,000+ active installsSecure and brand your images with automatic watermarks. Apply image or text overlays to new uploads and bulk process existing Media Library images wit …
Shares the image, images tags on WordPress.org. About 5.7 times the installs, last updated July 11, 2026.
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4.6 (65) 8,000+ active installsUpload a new version of an image without deleting the old image attachment, so that references to the image remain intact.
Shares the image, images tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since August 12, 2024.
Switching from Get the Image: common questions
What is the best alternative to Get the Image?
Thumbnail Upscale is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 3,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Get the Image alternative has the most users?
Simple Image Sizes, with 60,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Get the Image alternative is rated highest?
AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 90 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Get the Image alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Get the Image score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Get the Image on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Thumbnail Upscale is the closest match to Get the Image by the data we track, and Simple Image Sizes has the widest reach with 60,000+ active installs. AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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