10 Best Resize images before upload Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Resize images before upload has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Resize images before upload
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Upload Larger Plugins
Closest match5.0 (20) 6,000+ active installsInstall plugins of any size (i.e. work around web hosting limits)
Shares the plupload tag on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Cloudinary – Deliver Images and Videos at Scale
4.0 (64) 5,000+ active installsBoost the performance of your WordPress site by optimizing your images and videos with the Cloudinary WordPress Plugin. WordPress developers, content …
Shares the resize tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv
4.9 (265) 1,000+ active installsServe perfectly optimized images, videos, models and 360 spins. The best WordPress & WooCommerce CDN plugin for media.
Shares the resize tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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4.0 (53) 10,000+ active installsLazy load images to improve page load times and server bandwidth. Images are loaded only when visible to the user.
Shares the images tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since November 22, 2018.
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4.9 (47) 10,000+ active installsRedirect attachment pages or return a 404 error for them based on the parent post status.
Shares the images tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated January 16, 2026.
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4.6 (305) 10,000+ active installsHighlights images on hover and adds a Pinterest "Pin It" button over them for easy pinning.
Shares the images tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since October 1, 2020.
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4.0 (27) 10,000+ active installsThe SEO Optimized Images plugin lets you dynamically add SEO-Friendly "alt" and "title" attributes to your images.
Shares the images tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since July 18, 2024.
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5.0 (23) 10,000+ active installsA flexible and robust accordion menu plugin
Shares the images tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since May 19, 2025.
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4.2 (35) 10,000+ active installsDisables the "BIG image" threshold introduced in WordPress 5.3.
Shares the images tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since August 2, 2022.
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5.0 (23) 10,000+ active installsProvides options to disable the extra images generated by WordPress.
Shares the images tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated July 18, 2026.
Switching from Resize images before upload: common questions
What is the best alternative to Resize images before upload?
Upload Larger Plugins is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 6,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Resize images before upload alternative has the most users?
Lazy Load, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Resize images before upload alternative is rated highest?
Sirv, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 265 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Resize images before upload alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Resize images before upload score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Resize images before upload on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Upload Larger Plugins is the closest match to Resize images before upload by the data we track, and Lazy Load has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. Upload Larger Plugins shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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