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Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN

Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN

Performance Asset Optimization

Smush is a WordPress plugin for Asset Optimization. It ranks #1 of 154 in that group by active installs and was last updated 4 days ago.

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Slug wp-smushit

1M Active installs As the directory reports it, rounded to a band
4.8 Rating out of 5 From 6,053 ratings
170 Releases Since 5 December 2008
Nov 2026 Last release 4 days ago

Maintenance check

Is Smush still maintained?

Yes - by every measure the directory publishes, it is actively maintained.

  • Updated recently. The last release was 4 days ago.
  • Tested with current WordPress. Tested up to 7.1.4; most actively maintained plugins are tested on 7.1.
  • Support is answered. 7 of 8 forum threads in the last two months were resolved.
  • Well rated. 4.8 out of 5 from 6,053 ratings.

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Smush alternatives

The most-installed plugins doing the same job, from Asset Optimization. Smush itself ranks #1 of 154. How plugins are grouped.

#1

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Autoptimize

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Converter for Media – Optimize images | Convert WebP & AVIF

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Standing

More installed than 99.9% of the directory

Ahead of 47,667 of the 47,734 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

99.9% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count
47,667 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one
66 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band
How to read that

The directory rounds install counts hard and publishes them as bands, so two plugins showing the same number are not necessarily level. The percentile is computed over the plugins that report a count at all, which excludes the quarter of the directory sitting on the reporting floor.

Details

The record

Everything the directory publishes about this plugin, as it was last read.

Current version
4.3.6
Requires WordPress
6.4
Tested up to
7.1.4
Requires PHP
7.4
Added to the directory
5 December 2008
Last updated
2 November 2026
Contributors
2
Author
WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform
Support threads resolved
7 of 8

Its own tags

  • compress images
  • convert webp
  • image optimization
  • image optimizer
  • optimize images

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