10 Best Image Regenerate & Select Crop Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Image Regenerate & Select Crop has 8,000+ 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 Image Regenerate & Select Crop
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Perfect Images
Closest matchPerfect Images: Regenerate Thumbnails, Image Sizes, WebP & AVIF
4.8 (279) 60,000+ active installsOptimize image sizes, regenerate thumbnails, enable retina, convert to WebP/AVIF, or use cloud optimization. An essential image toolkit.
Shares the regenerate tag on WordPress.org. About 7.5 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 2 days ago.
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Kraken.io Image Optimizer – Compress, Convert to WebP & AVIF, Resize & Bulk Optimize
4.5 (119) 10,000+ active installsOptimize images automatically — compress, resize and convert to WebP, AVIF & more with Kraken.io. Faster pages, smaller files, same quality.
Shares the image optimization tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.5 against 4.7, last updated June 22, 2026.
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4.5 (26) 1,000+ active installsImageRecycle image & PDF compression. Make WordPress loads faster by using an automatic image and PDF optimization.
Shares the image optimization tag on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 8,000+, last updated September 30, 2025.
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WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization
4.5 (155) 10,000+ active installsEverything you need for a faster website – smart optimization, advanced caching, adaptive images, WebP creation, script improvements, optional CDN del …
Shares the image optimization tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.5 against 4.7, last updated 4 days ago.
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ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization
4.8 (144) 10,000+ active installsStart serving properly sized, smart cropped & optimized images, plus CSS, JS and fonts from our CDN with a click; Automatic AVIF & WebP support.
Shares the image optimization tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 18 days ago.
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Smush
Paid version availableSmush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN
4.8 (6,051) 1 million+ active installsCompress and optimize images, enable lazy load, serve WebP & AVIF, and speed up your site with a global image CDN.
Shares the image optimization tag on WordPress.org. About 125 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 14 days ago.
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ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF
4.5 (819) 300,000+ active installsOptimize images & PDFs smartly. Create and compress next-gen WebP and AVIF formats. Smart crop and resize.
Shares the image optimization tag on WordPress.org. About 38 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.7, last updated 18 days ago.
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Imagify Image Optimization: Optimize Images | Compress & Convert to WebP/AVIF
4.3 (1,653) 1 million+ active installsImage optimization in 1‑click: compress, resize & convert to WebP/AVIF – free up to 20MB/month. Enjoy the easiest WordPress image optimizer to set up.
Shares the image optimization tag on WordPress.org. About 125 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.7, last updated 19 days ago.
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Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization
4.7 (638) 200,000+ active installsAutomatically optimize images with bulk compression, lazy loading, WebP/AVIF conversion & CloudFront image CDN. Boost Core Web Vitals & conversions.
Shares the image optimization tag on WordPress.org. About 25 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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Converter for Media – Optimize images | Convert WebP & AVIF
4.9 (1,099) 500,000+ active installsSpeed up your website by using our WebP & AVIF Converter. Optimize images and serve WebP and AVIF images instead of standard formats!
Shares the image optimization tag on WordPress.org. About 63 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.7, last updated 19 days ago.
Switching from Image Regenerate & Select Crop: common questions
What is the best alternative to Image Regenerate & Select Crop?
Perfect Images is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 60,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Image Regenerate & Select Crop alternative has the most users?
Smush, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Image Regenerate & Select Crop alternative is rated highest?
Converter for Media, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 1,099 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Image Regenerate & Select Crop 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 Image Regenerate & Select Crop 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 Image Regenerate & Select Crop 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
Perfect Images is the closest match to Image Regenerate & Select Crop by the data we track, and Smush has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Perfect Images shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 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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