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Avif Express

by Pijush Gupta · WordPress.org page · Website

v2025.08.29 Tested up to WP 6.8.8 PHP 7.3+

Avif Express has 400+ active installs on WordPress.org and 12,079 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on October 5, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Avif Express at a glance

Active installs
400+
Total downloads
12,079
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Avif Express well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.8.8, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Images get converted on upload
  • Bulk convert previously uploaded images
  • Schedule Bulk convert in the background
  • Bulk convert theme images
  • Local Conversion
  • Cloud Conversion (Freemium)
  • Serve Webpage with altered avif images
  • Fully CDN compatible
  • Backward compatibility – Browsers that don’t support Avif images will get Original images served on-the-fly
  • Native Language Support for German, Spanish, Russian, French, Hindi and Bengali

Avif Express reviews and ratings

9 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
3.8 out of 5

9 reviews

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  • Good plugin

    Works great with WebP. My GD doesn't support Avif properly. Works with Nginx.

    Pavel

  • Works as advertised

    Took a while to realise that you have to turn the rendering on first, though. :D Hardly the developer's fault. But you might want to make that particular setting a tad bigger maybe? I especially appreciate the possibility for local conversion. Personally I have no need for the cloud option. EDIT: Unfortunately it doesn't work with a static site generator – at least not with Staatic. Possibly related to the fact that it also doesn't show avif images if you're logged in as an admin. Most of the time this shouldn't be an issue, though.

    dogma00

  • Amazing Plugin

    I do recommend this plugin, it does what it offer

    kjcomparaz

  • Good plugin

    Very good plugin overall however I've got small issue with .png image in the logo of my website. This image is transparent so the plugin converts it to .avif format and transparency is not preserved. Is this bug?

    js1200

  • Works fine

    It works pretty fine. Needs some little improvement but overall it works ok.

    Troglos

  • Ajax error; internal 500

    The plugin did nothing. I got an ajax error: POST mysite.nl/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php 500 (Internal Server Error)

    Hendrik57

Details

Autogenerate avif image on image upload and serve autogenerated Avif images instead of jpeg/png to browsers that supports Avif.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • AVIF
  • images
  • performance

More from Pijush Gupta

Version
2025.08.29
Last updated
Oct 5, 2025
First published
Jan 17, 2023
Requires WordPress
6.0
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
7.3
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Avif Express FAQ

What does Avif Express do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Avif Express offers Images get converted on upload, Bulk convert previously uploaded images, Schedule Bulk convert in the background, Bulk convert theme images and Local Conversion.

How many active installs does Avif Express have?

WordPress.org reports 400+ active installs for Avif Express as of September 7, 2026.

Is Avif Express still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on October 5, 2025 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Is Avif Express free?

Avif Express is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.