Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy vs Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN

Instantly upload photos from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy to your website all without ever leaving WordPress! Instant Images is the fastest way to find and upload high-quality, free stock images directly from inside WordPress. No downloads. No switching tabs. No copy-paste workflow. Just search, click, and your image is instantly added to your Media Library — properly processed and ready to use. Whether you’re building content, designing layouts, or prototyping a client site, Instant Images keeps you in your workflow and saves you time. Supported Image Providers Unsplash Openverse Pixabay Pexels Giphy Works seamlessly with the Block Editor, Media Modal, and popular page builders. The perfect tool for users who want to save time and frustration by uploading images directly inside their WordPress installation and for developers who want to prototype and develop using real world imagery. Visit Plugin Website Features Image Search – The Instant Images search let’s you quickly find and upload images for any subject in a matter of seconds! Image Orientation – Filter search results by landscape, portrait or square images. Time Saver – Quickly upload amazing stock photos without leaving the comfort of your WordPress admin. Theme/Plugin Developers – A great tool for developers who want to prototype and develop using real world imagery. Gutenberg – Instant Images directly integrates with Gutenberg as a plugin sidebar. Media Modal – Instant Images is available as a tab in the WordPress Media Modal. Page Builders – Instant Images integrates with page builders such as Elementor, Beaver Builder, Brizy and Divi. Edit Image Metadata – Easily edit image filename, alt text and caption prior to uploading to your media library. Accessibility – Automatically include a relevant alt description for screen readers, visually reduced users, and SEO. Easy to Use – It couldn’t get much more simple, just click an image and it’s automatically uploaded to your media library for use on your site. No Accounts Needed – An account on any service provider is not required for use of this plugin. Just activate and you’re ready to go. Add-ons Instant Images: Extended Enhance Instant Images with powerful professional features. Includes: – Search History & Autocomplete. – Instant Images as a WordPress Block. – WordPress CLI Imports. – Batch Image Imports. – I’m Feeling Lucky WordPress Block. – Image Size Generator. – Instant Featured Images – Instagram-style image filters – Persistent search terms across providers. – And more… Learn More Proxy Server Instant Images routes all API requests to service providers (Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay, Openverse etc.) through our custom proxy server at proxy.getinstantimages.com. Maintaining a proxy server for Instant Images allows us to: Protect API keys from public exposure. Normalize data from multiple providers. Improve compatibility and reliability across plugin versions. Please take a moment and read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for when using our proxy service: Terms of Use Privacy Policy How Can You Contribute? Pull requests can be submitted via GitHub. Website https://getinstantimages.com

Compress images, optimize images, and enable image lazy load automatically with the powerful Smush image optimizer to keep your WordPress site fast, without losing quality. Smush makes it easy to optimize images, compress images, and deliver images faster across your entire WordPress site. This all-in-one image optimizer automatically reduces image file sizes, enables image lazy load, and serves modern formats like WebP and AVIF, all without breaking image quality or adding extra work. Whether you’re running a blog, store, or portfolio, Smush helps you optimize images at scale and keep your site fast with a trusted WordPress image optimizer. Trusted by 1+ Million Sites | 4.8/5 Star Rating Get everything you need to optimize images and speed up your site. Smush works out of the box with no complicated setup – just install and let it handle the rest. Compress images without losing quality Reduce image file size automatically while keeping your images sharp and clear. Smush is an easy-to-use image optimizer which let’s you compress images using both lossless and lossy compression, giving you the best balance of quality and performance without extra work. You can also compress images outside the media library using Directory Smush, making it easy to optimize images stored in theme folders, plugins, or other directories on your server. Lazy load images for faster pages Enable image lazy load across your site so images load only when needed. This image optimizer improves initial page speed and creates a smoother experience for visitors without extra configuration. Serve WebP and AVIF images automatically (PRO) Convert images to WebP and AVIF and serve them automatically to supported browsers. Smush helps you optimize images using next-gen formats to reduce file size and improve load times across your WordPress site. Deliver images faster with an Image CDN (PRO) Serve images through a global image CDN to reduce latency and improve load times for visitors around the world. 119 global CDN servers Up to 500 GB of bandwidth Faster image delivery based on visitor location Improved performance for image-heavy and high-traffic sites Automatically resize and fix image dimensions (PRO) Eliminate common PageSpeed warnings and improve layout stability with automatic image sizing. Smush dynamically resizes images to perfectly fit their containers, regardless of original size, helping fix the “Properly size images” warning in Google PageSpeed Insights. It also automatically adds missing width and height attributes to your images, improving rendering speed and reducing layout shifts. This helps you meet the “Ensure images have explicit width and height” recommendation without any manual work. Optimize your entire site, automatically Smush works across your whole site as a powerful image optimizer to optimize images as you upload them and maintain performance over time without manual work. Optimize images automatically on upload Compress images in bulk or individually Works with your existing media library No need to re-upload images Enable image lazy load across your site Convert images to WebP and AVIF Deliver images with an integrated image CDN Automatically resize and serve correctly sized images Optimize images outside the media library with Directory Smush Built for performance Smush improves page speed and overall performance by reducing image weight and improving how images are delivered. Reduce page load times Improve user experience Better performance for image-heavy pages Supports image lazy load and preload images (PRO) for faster perceived performance Works with your existing setup Smush is built to work with your current WordPress setup, including popular themes, page builders, and plugins. Compatible with Gutenberg, Elementor, WPBakery, and more Works with WooCommerce stores No need to change your workflow Easy to enable and configure Designed to be simple You don’t need to be a performance expert to optimize images with Smush image optimizer. Works out of the box Simple settings when you need them No technical knowledge required Safe to use on any site Why choose Smush? There are plenty of image optimization plugins, but Smush focuses on making it easy to optimize images, compress images, and improve performance without complexity. As a leading WordPress image optimizer, Smush gives you powerful optimization tools without the technical hassle. Trusted by over 1 million WordPress users Built specifically for WordPress Regular updates and improvements Backed by the WPMU DEV team Get started in minutes Install Smush, activate it, and start to compress images, optimize images, and enable image lazy load right away. This easy-to-use image optimizer helps most sites see improvements immediately without changing how they upload or manage images. About Us WPMU DEV is a premium supplier of quality WordPress plugins, services and support. Learn more here: https://wpmudev.com/ Don’t forget to stay up to date on everything WordPress from the Internet’s number one resource: WPMU DEV Blog Hey, one more thing… we hope you enjoy our free offerings as much as we’ve loved making them for you! Contact and Credits Originally written by Alex Dunae at Dialect (dialect.ca, e-mail ‘alex’ at ‘dialect dot ca’), 2008-11.