Forces WordPress to use the ImageMagick image library. This plugin is no longer maintained.
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Local WebP optimizer for WordPress. Free converts images to WebP; Pro adds AVIF and site-wide image tools.
WDF AI Metadata Removerv1.1.0
Strip hidden metadata from your images: EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC and AI tags like C2PA. The image itself is never re-encoded.
Remove author, GPS and EXIF metadata from PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and image uploads, and see exactly what was removed and what could not be.
Strip Image Metadatav1.8.0
Strip potentially sensitive metadata from JPG, WebP and AVIF images on upload or via bulk processing.
EXIF Removerv1.0.4
Remove EXIF data from images on upload.
EXIF Meta Managerv1.0.3
Embed EXIF metadata directly into your WordPress images and automatically convert every upload to WebP at full quality.
atec WebPv1.1.32
Auto convert all BMP, GIF, PNG & JPEG images into the much better WebP format. Supports the GD & ImageMagick libraries.
ImageMagick Enginev2.0.0
Improve the quality of re-sized images by replacing standard GD library with ImageMagick.
EXIFifyv1.0.0
One-click EXIF metadata stripping for your media library, with automatic removal on every upload.