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Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups — WordPress Backup Plugin

by David Baumwald · WordPress.org page

v1.0.4 Tested up to WP 6.7.7

Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups has 4,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 49,333 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on February 6, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.7.7.

Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups at a glance

Active installs
4,000+
Total downloads
49,333
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
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tested up to WordPress 6.7.7, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
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Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups reviews and ratings

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

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  • So simple but making failing backups work again!

    I found the code in your plugin via a tip in the #sustainability channel of WP Slack, so I tested it on a website that wasn't able to do a full backup for over a year now (due to a bad host). By filtering the thumbnails out, I was finally successful in making a full backup again. For sustainability this should actually be an option in UpdraftPlus. Thank you for saving time and disk space!

    Jos Klever

  • Must have for updraft - cuts backup sizes in half - at least.

    I was attempting to reduce my sites backup sizes, to ease day to day administration, and from a sustainability perspective. All data transfers and hot storage uses energy - there is a carbon footprint to those backups. Excluding themes and plugins that I might as well get from WordPress.org in a rare restore situation, helped a lot. But those many WordPress image variants were a real eyesore. Even with a lean theme, there is at least 6 different variants/thumbnails of each image. Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups did away with those images unnecessary in the backup, making it so much smaller, faster to backup and friendlier to the enviroment. Bonus tip: I chose to exclude all webp images from the backup as well. Those are in my case generated from the original jpg or png images, for even speedier load times. I would be able to re-generate those easily if restoring my site. Obviously you shouldn't exclude webp if you upload these manually to the media library... Highly recommended.

    Bjarne Oldrup

  • Should be part of Updraft

    This is a great plugin. I always had Updraft complaining about resources, and lots of backups that failed partly or completely. Now it runs smoothly and without errors. The feaure this plugin adds to Updraft should be a standard feature of Updraft itself. It's a must have, simply as that. I was considering to stop using Updraft, although I use it on dozens of sites. But now I can continue using it. Thanks to this litle gem!

    argosmedia

  • 10/10

    Literally a miracle. Was next to impossible to reliably create backups for one of my sites due to so many images. This plugin makes using Updraft possible. THANK YOU!

    dustrider99

  • From 2.2Gb to 1.3Gb

    Didn't try to restore and recreate thumbnails but for now I'm happy with the space savings. Thanks!

    sqez

  • 20 Min Backup Now 1 Min

    Saves Time! Saves Space! Thanks!

    Jimmy Lee

Where Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

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Details

An UpdraftPlus extension that excludes image size thumbnails, generated by WordPress, from Updraft backups.

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

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Tags

  • backup
  • exclude
  • image
  • updraft
  • updraftplus

More from David Baumwald

Version
1.0.4
Last updated
Feb 6, 2025
First published
Jan 12, 2018
Requires WordPress
3.5
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups FAQ

How many active installs does Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups have?

WordPress.org reports 4,000+ active installs for Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups as of September 7, 2026.

Is Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups still maintained?

The last release was on February 6, 2025, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups free?

Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups rank among Backup Plugins?

Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups is #41 in the WordPress.org Backup Plugins ranking.