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Best WordPress Plugins for Exif

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Exif

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for exif comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Meow Lightbox Best overall 86/100
  2. 2. Exif Caption 79/100
  3. 3. EXIF Remover 79/100
  4. 4. Exif Details 78/100
  5. 5. Upload Media Exif Date 77/100
  6. 6. Strip Image Metadata 77/100
  7. 7. Image Protection 76/100
  8. 8. Media Metadata List 76/100
  9. 9. Gallery Styles 71/100
  10. 10. MMWW 71/100
  11. 11. Force use of ImageMagick image library 62/100
  12. 12. Image Rotation Repair 53/100
  13. 13. WP Strip Image Metadata 49/100
  14. 14. VA Removing Exif 48/100
  15. 15. Image Rotation Fixer 47/100
1 Meow Lightbox
Best overall Free by Jordy Meow

Meow Lightbox

The elegant lightbox built for photographers. Fast, responsive, and displays your photos beautifully with EXIF data and maps. You'll love it! 💕

4.9★
from 186 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
86

WPScore

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2 Exif Caption
Free by Katsushi Kawamori

Exif Caption

Insert the Exif data to the caption of the media. Also replaced caption of content.

4.7★
from 3 ratings
600+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
79

WPScore

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6 Strip Image Metadata
Free by Martin von Berg

Strip Image Metadata

Strip potentially sensitive metadata from JPG, WebP and AVIF images on upload or via bulk processing.

5★
from 1 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
77

WPScore

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7 Image Protection
Free by TWK Media

Image Protection

Protects images on your WordPress site from being copied or captured, with optional EXIF privacy tools for uploaded media.

5★
from 1 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
76

WPScore

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10 MMWW
Free by OllieJones

MMWW

Media Metadata Workflow Wizard: Integrate your media metadata workflow with WordPress's Media Library

4.5★
from 11 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
71

WPScore

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12 Image Rotation Repair
Free by Modern Tribe, Inc.

Image Rotation Repair

The Image Rotation Repair plugin simply fixes image orientation based on EXIF data. This is primarily a patch for mis-oriented images delivered from …

4.6★
from 9 ratings
7k+
active installs
Updated
Nov 2017
Tested to
WP 3.2.1
53

WPScore

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15 Image Rotation Fixer
Free by Mert Yazıcıoğlu

Image Rotation Fixer

Automatically fixes the rotation of JPEG images using PHP's EXIF extension, immediately after they are uploaded to the server.

3.4★
from 15 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Nov 2017
Tested to
WP 4.3.34
47

WPScore

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