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Flying Images — WordPress CDN Plugin

Flying Images: Optimize and Lazy Load Images for Faster Page Speed

by Gijo Varghese · WordPress.org page · Website

v2.4.15 Tested up to WP 7.0.4 PHP 5.6+

Flying Images has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 128,493 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on May 20, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Flying Images at a glance

Active installs
3,000+
Total downloads
128,493
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Flying Images well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
0%
0 of 26 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

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

  • Free Unlimited CDN – Flying Images uses Statically to provide free CDN. Statically is powered by Cloudflare (premium network), BunnyCDN, Fastly and CDN77. No…
  • On the fly Image Compression – Compress images on the fly via CDN. You can also set the desired quality needed
  • On the fly WebP conversion – Convert and deliver images as Webp via CDN if the browser supports it
  • Responsive/Adaptive Images – Creates srcset to deliver resized images based on device. Supports external images too
  • Native/JavaScript lazy loading – Load images using the browser’s native lazy loading if available (currently supported in Chrome) or via JavaScript. JavaScript…
  • Tiny JavaScript – Only 0.7KB, gzipped, minified
  • Rewrites entire HTML – Never miss an image from lazy loading or adding CDN, even the ones injected by gallery plugins

Flying Images reviews and ratings

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

All reviews
4.8 out of 5

26 reviews

5★
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4★
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  • It is perfect

    Thanks for giving me a free alternative to focus on my content so I can unleash my creativity. perfect plugin

    masse

  • Great Plugin

    Thank you for creating this plugin. I have been trying to figure out how to fix the "Properly size images" PageSpeed Insights warning and your plugin did it. I appreciate it.

    Tony Hisir

  • Saved. My. Life. Best yet most underrated image optimization plugin!

    This plugin just performed better than both WP Compress and Optimole when it comes to website speed and Google Light House/Pagespeed Insights scores. It's astonishingly good for a free plugin! Performs better than so-called best image optimization plugins, while being free and without needing us to create an account! Can't recommend it enough!

    tempo005

  • The best plugin for image optimization!

    This plugin is really great! Fast setup and speed up the website!

    rumenyanev

  • Excellent.

    Excellent plugin. Easy to use, and efficient. As the other set of plugins developed by Gigo. Just need manual Lazy load image exclusion to avoid CLS. Thanks.

    anis

  • CLS issues

    If it wasn't for the CLS issues the lazyload causes, this plugin deserves 5 stars.

    svenv

Where Flying Images ranks on WordPress.org

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

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best CDN Plugins #14 by tag, #55 in search #15 –
Best Image Optimization Plugins #38 by tag, #71 in search #26 –

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Details

Optimize and lazy load images to reduce load times, save bandwidth, and improve performance, delivering a faster and smoother user experience.

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

Rankings Flying Images competes in

Tags

  • adaptive images
  • cdn
  • compress images
  • image compression

More from Gijo Varghese

Version
2.4.15
Last updated
May 20, 2026
First published
Oct 21, 2019
Requires WordPress
4.5
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
5.6
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Flying Images FAQ

What does Flying Images do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Flying Images offers Free Unlimited CDN – Flying Images uses Statically to provide free CDN. Statically is powered by Cloudflare (premium network), BunnyCDN, Fastly and CDN77. No, On the fly Image Compression – Compress images on the fly via CDN. You can also set the desired quality needed, On the fly WebP conversion – Convert and deliver images as Webp via CDN if the browser supports it, Responsive/Adaptive Images – Creates srcset to deliver resized images based on device. Supports external images too and Native/JavaScript lazy loading – Load images using the browser’s native lazy loading if available (currently supported in Chrome) or via JavaScript. JavaScript.

How many active installs does Flying Images have?

WordPress.org reports 3,000+ active installs for Flying Images as of September 7, 2026.

Is Flying Images still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on May 20, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Is Flying Images free?

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

Where does Flying Images rank among CDN Plugins?

Flying Images is #15 in the WordPress.org CDN Plugins ranking.