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Gumlet — WordPress Image Optimization Plugin

Gumlet – Image optimization with Resize, Compression, Lazy load, Caching & CDN delivery

by adityapatadia · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.4.3 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.4+

Gumlet has 500+ active installs on WordPress.org and 65,364 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 14, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Gumlet at a glance

Active installs
500+
Total downloads
65,364
Downloads, last 30 days
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Gumlet well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1
One-star reviews
10%
1 of 10 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

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

  • Unlimited image processing no quotas or limits on number of images
  • All image formats supported. SVG, GIF, PNG, JPEG, everything
  • Retina screen compatible
  • Cloud Based – Images are optimized and stored on our server to save your storage space and bandwidth
  • No maintenance after integration. No need to run any batch processing scripts
  • Reliable – 99.5% uptime SLA
  • Secure – All images are loaded via HTTPS protocol
  • Support – Complete integration support. Reach-out to us anytime via chat or email
  • WooCommerce compatible
  • Delivery Analytics – Keep a tab on response times, usage details in real time
  • Alerts and reports – Get customized alerts and reports on image related data
  • No lock in! Disable the plugin and your images will be served as they were before installation

Gumlet reviews and ratings

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

4.4 out of 5

10 reviews

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  • Great CDN + image optimization and amazing support

    I'm a customer for 2 years and I have to say that Gumlet is getting better and better every month. They always implement the latest technologies available to make websites fast and media assets look great. I totally rely on it to optimize my images and static content delivery (CSS and js) to make sure my wordpress is fast. I have nothing bad to say about it. I just had a ssl problem once but it has been fixed within 2 hours. I contacted the support 5 to 10 times and I always had quick and professional answers. I recommend this product to all my clients. Gumlet doesn't ask me to leave a review but I'm just surprised not to see more excellent ones. Keep doing a great job like this. Thanks!

    fabien789
  • Great Customer Support

    I had a problem trying to serve my JS & CSS files through gumlet. Thanks to the team they were able to fix it for me. Awesome company.

    Henry Hoe
  • Using on Dozens of Sites

    I've yet to find "the perfect" image optimization tool and CDN but Gumlet comes close. I manage nearly 100 WordPress sites and use Gumlet more than competing tools. For sites using Divi or with complex galleries and background layouts, many image optimization plugins seem to break something. I've tested premium versions of Gumlet, ShortPixel Adaptive Images, WP Compress, Cloudimage, and Smush Pro. I've found Gumlet (and ShortPixel Adaptive Images for Divi sites) to be the most reliable for optimizing and offloading images off my server via a CDN. If anything looks off, usually I can uncheck one of the few settings and it's resolved. I've had to reach out to Gumlet's support a few times and found them to be responsive and helpful. I like how Gumlet does not alter the actual images at all. It does all the optimizations via copies stored on their CDN. Some image-optimization plugins like Smush Pro and ShortPixel (ShortPixel Adaptive Images is different) actually change and overwrite your images. That can be a bad thing to do to a client's images (though the above mentioned options can make backups and revert things if needed). In short, I recommend Gumlet. They work, are affordable to deploy, and are regularly improving their product and management dashboard.

    Mike Allen
  • Reliable CDN + Image Optimization Plugin (Elementor

    Great plugin that is user friendly! They have a great support team if you ever need help.

    alexdo
  • Great CDN for images

    It's very easy to install and configure the plugin. All works out of the box. Thanks for the CSS/JS serving feature. Thanks to Gumlet support team for the fast response.

    Danil
  • The best one out there

    We tried many plugins out there and this for sure is top 3!.

    yitzibitzi

Where Gumlet ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Gumlet appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Image Optimization Plugins #52 by tag, #53 in search #27
Best CDN Plugins #37 in search, not tagged #68

Details

Official WordPress plugin to automatically load all your WordPress images via the Gumlet service for smaller, faster, better looking images.

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

Rankings Gumlet competes in

Tags

  • image compression
  • image management
  • image manipulation
  • image optimization
  • images

More from adityapatadia

Version
1.4.3
Last updated
Aug 14, 2026
First published
Jul 13, 2019
Requires WordPress
6.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Gumlet FAQ

What does Gumlet do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Gumlet offers Unlimited image processing no quotas or limits on number of images, All image formats supported. SVG, GIF, PNG, JPEG, everything, Retina screen compatible, Cloud Based – Images are optimized and stored on our server to save your storage space and bandwidth and No maintenance after integration. No need to run any batch processing scripts.

How many active installs does Gumlet have?

WordPress.org reports 500+ active installs for Gumlet as of September 7, 2026.

Is Gumlet still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 14, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Is Gumlet free?

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

Where does Gumlet rank among Image Optimization Plugins?

Gumlet is #27 in the WordPress.org Image Optimization Plugins ranking.