WP SmartCrop
by Bytes.co · WordPress.org page
WP SmartCrop has 4,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 133,405 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 13, 2024, tested up to WordPress 6.4.10.
WP SmartCrop at a glance
Is WP SmartCrop well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Visually select your images’ focal points with an intuitive click-based interface
- Quickly enable or disable smart-cropping on a per-image basis
- Easily target only the images you want to style, with the img.wpsmartcrop-image selector
- Automatic image preloader, so your users never see partially loaded images again
- Semantic HTML5/CSS3 for modern browsers, with automatic fallback to non-semantic HTML4/CSS2 for older browsers
- Lightweight and fast processing of images, even inside post content
- Fully compatible with common caching and optimization plugins and solutions, such as W3 Total Cache, Wordfence, WPEngine’s EverCache, Better WordPress Minify…
- Lets you take full advantage of the new responsive srcset features added in WordPress 4.4, to make the most of your images
- NEW! Legacy support for existing cropped thumb sizes allows you to see improvements, right out of the box, without changing your CSS!
WP SmartCrop reviews and ratings
9 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
9 reviews
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Great But Needs Improvement
I had to alter the plugin code slightly to allow it to work with custom sizes as well. It would also be nice if the smart crop dimensions weren't removed upon plugin deactivation, also, if the smart cropping functionality was behind a user role privilege check.
thall11 -
A small but significant improvement to WP
This function should be a core functionality! So when I found this little gem I was so happy.
Morten Ellegaard Larsen -
Worked, but not in IE
The plugins worked quite well, but not in IE 11. There it broke the site. Sadly I got no help with that from the developer. So I stopped using it. Another downside (but probably not solvable by a plugin): the preview of links on facebook and twitter is still the non edited one.
dragon013 -
OUTSTANDING - this should be on everyone's must have plugin
Dont you hate it when you upload a picture to the featured image and its cropped completely wrong - like the focus of the picture isnt even the frame - THIS SOLVES that problem! Great plugin!
Dadarocks -
Intuitive, great plugin!!! works perfectly
Thank you for taking the time to create this awesome plugin for us.
elronb -
Not working in WP 5
Seems really promising but I didn't got it working in WP 5.1.0. Neither WP Smart Crop v 2.0 (UI works, but output unchanged) nor 1.5. (UI doesn't work anymore, can't select focal point).
leymannx
WP SmartCrop alternatives
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Details
WP SmartCrop will crop your images on-the-fly to match your CSS, keeping the main focal point in view.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- aspect ratio
- crop
- cropping
- image
- resize
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- Version
- 2.0.10
- Last updated
- Sep 13, 2024
- First published
- Mar 15, 2016
- Requires WordPress
- 3.5.0
- Tested up to
- 6.4.10
- Requires PHP
- –
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
WP SmartCrop FAQ
What does WP SmartCrop do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, WP SmartCrop offers Visually select your images’ focal points with an intuitive click-based interface, Quickly enable or disable smart-cropping on a per-image basis, Easily target only the images you want to style, with the img.wpsmartcrop-image selector, Automatic image preloader, so your users never see partially loaded images again and Semantic HTML5/CSS3 for modern browsers, with automatic fallback to non-semantic HTML4/CSS2 for older browsers.
How many active installs does WP SmartCrop have?
WordPress.org reports 4,000+ active installs for WP SmartCrop as of September 7, 2026.
Is WP SmartCrop still maintained?
The last release was on September 13, 2024, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.
Does WP SmartCrop have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 0 of 1 recent support threads for WP SmartCrop are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is WP SmartCrop free?
WP SmartCrop is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.