Responsive Image Widget
Displays a responsive image with an optional link. An easy way to place reliably scaled images in the sidebar or other widget area.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.2★ from 5
- Active installs
- 400+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 22 Jul 2013
- Added
- Jul 2013
- Requires WP
- 3.0.1
- Tested up to
- WP 3.5.2
- Downloads
- 26,021
Our analysis
AI-assistedResponsive Image Widget is a WordPress plugin that allows you to display a single responsive image in a widget area. It is designed for non-technical users who may struggle with using text widgets to insert images, making it easier to add images with important proportions to sidebars.
The plugin enables users to adjust the image's proportions directly within WordPress, without needing to resize the image in an external editor. It creates a frame for the image, allowing for flexible layout options similar to design software, ensuring the image fills the container while remaining centered.
Best for: This plugin suits non-technical users who need to add responsive images to sidebar areas.
What it does well
- ✓Allows proportional adjustment of images within WordPress
- ✓Designed for non-technical users
- ✓Creates a frame for images rather than adding them directly
- ✓Outputs a responsive div with background properties
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in July 2013, may not be compatible with newer WordPress versions
- •Limited information on additional features or support
- •Directory score indicates potential issues with performance or reliability
Verdict
Responsive Image Widget provides a straightforward solution for adding images to sidebars, but its age and directory score suggest caution regarding compatibility and support.
From the developer
benarobinson's own description of Responsive Image Widget, lightly tidied.
A very simple widget that displays a single responsive, rationally proportional image in a widget area. Intended to make adding images (whose proportions are important) to sidebar areas easier for non-technical users who would have trouble using the text widget to insert images into the sidebar.
One of its key features is the fact that it allows proportional adjustment on the fly, so the user can easily change the proportion of the image inside of WordPress, instead of needing to resize the image in an editor (a problem for many users who do not have a lot of experience resizing/cropping images.) Basically, it creates a frame for an image rather than adding an image directly, and the frame size can be set before the image is added, much like in Adobe inDesign, where frames can be laid out and then have pictures inserted into them.
It takes a title, image URL, ratio and target link URL. It outputs a rationally proportional div with the image set as a background. Using the CSS background-size and background-position properties, the image always fills the whole space and remains centered.
Note: the image always fills the width of its container. If the widget/widget area where the image is placed is large, the image will appear large.