Image Quality
Lets you adjust the quality of image thumbnails that WordPress generates.
The facts
- Active installs
- 300+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 10 Feb 2026
- Added
- Mar 2017
- Requires WP
- 2.8
- Tested up to
- WP 6.9.7
- Requires PHP
- 5.6
- Downloads
- 25,232
Our analysis
AI-assistedImage Quality is a WordPress plugin that allows you to adjust the quality of thumbnail images generated by WordPress. You can easily modify the Image Quality setting from the Media Settings page. This plugin only affects new uploads and does not alter the original images you upload.
For users who want to manage the quality of their thumbnails for better performance or aesthetics, this plugin provides a straightforward solution. It is particularly useful for those who need to balance image quality and server space.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for WordPress users who want to control thumbnail image quality.
What it does well
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
- ✓Allows adjustment of thumbnail image quality
- ✓Easy to modify settings from the Media Settings page
- ✓Works with new uploads only
Where it falls short
- •Does not change the quality of already uploaded images
- •Requires WP-CLI or a separate plugin to modify existing thumbnails
Verdict
Image Quality provides a simple way to manage thumbnail settings, but its limitations on existing images may require additional steps for some users.
From the developer
Gagan Deep Singh's own description of Image Quality, lightly tidied.
Sometimes you may want the images on your blog/site to be pixel perfect, while sometimes you may want them to be compressed to save space on the server.
This plugin allows you to select the quality of the thumbnail images generated by WordPress, as easy as that. Just go to Media Settings page and modify the Image Quality setting.
Plugin only works for new uploads, but in case you want to modify the thumbnails generated earlier, you can either use
or if you are familiar with WP-CLI, then you can use this command to regenerate
wp media regenerate
P.S. It does not change the quality of the original image that you upload,
but only changes the quality of the thumbnails WordPress generates from that image.