The safest Image Optimization plugins for WordPress

Image optimisers process your media library and often call external services, so maintenance matters. The most popular WordPress image optimisation plugins, ranked by safety.

Ranked by Plugin Risk Score — i.e. by maintenance and safety signals, not features. Scores are live from the WordPress.org Plugin API and change over time.

1. 1 Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN wp-smushit 100%
2. 2 EWWW Image Optimizer ewww-image-optimizer 100%
3. 3 Imagify: Optimize Images for Top Speed (Compress & Convert to WebP/AVIF) imagify 100%
4. 4 ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF shortpixel-image-optimiser 100%

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