90
Image Widget
Simple sidebar images that might cost extra for responsiveness.
HealthyGrowing
90/100
Users love the lightweight simplicity despite some frustration regarding paid responsive image support.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.9★
287 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+94%
Growing fast
187 → 362 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +94% in the last year
187/day a year ago→362/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayImage Widget is a well-liked, lightweight plugin that simplifies adding images to WordPress sidebars, though at least one user flags that responsive images are locked behind a paid upgrade rather than included in the free version.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use, even for beginners×6
- +Improves on the default WordPress image widget with more control over appearance, titles, and links×3
- +Lightweight and fast with no reported performance issues×3
- +Compatible with external lightbox plugins
- +Confirmed working on WordPress 5.4.2
Common complaints
- −Images are not responsive by default; responsive image support appears to require a paid upgrade
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.87★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 3%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
Not enough review history.
All-time ratings · 287 total
Latest reviews · 89 analyzed
- 2022-07-10★★★★★Perfect image widgetmdavego
- 2020-07-24★★★★★Very nice, working greatvollachr
- 2019-07-17★★★★★Very nice pluginjimgwin
- 2018-07-29★★★★★Negara aingaatea82
- 2017-11-24★★★★★not responsive imagessurfintica
- 2017-04-13★★★★★Only missing “class” field to add classesUNIT07
- 2017-02-20★★★★★Excellent Pluginmadcomm
- 2017-02-16★★★★★Nifty Little Useful Pluginratreides
- 2017-02-15★★★★★Works Perfectly!RTNM
- 2017-02-15★★★★★Couldn't ask for more!mtojek
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
377
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
498
Prior 7-day baseline
372
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,786
Mean release-day peak (30d)
377
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-24.3%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
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Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
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Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
93%
5★ share in analyzed sample
3%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.88 → 4.87★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered