AVIF Uploader – Upload, Display and Fix AVIF Images

74 Quality Score

Active Installs

16/30

Roughly 4,000 active installs suggests a small, narrow audience that specifically needs core AVIF compatibility, which is logical given the niche use case.

Update Freshness

25/25

Updated as recently as June 2026 and tested against WordPress 7.0, so the plugin is clearly being kept current with platform changes.

User Rating

10/15

A score of 68 out of 100 from only 5 ratings is a small sample, leaning slightly below average, so take the rating with caution.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads and zero resolutions is a yellow flag, though with so few installs the support volume is naturally low and unresolved is not necessarily unanswered.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Full marks for compatibility: it works on WordPress 5.3.0 or later and PHP 7.0 or later, which covers essentially any site still running in 2026.

Scores higher than 33% of indexed plugins

About

Upload AVIF images, display them correctly, and generate the sub-sizes WordPress leaves out.

Active Installs 4k+

Rating ★★★ 3.4/5

Last Updated 2026-09-03 6:35pm GMT

Requires WordPress 5.3.0+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.0.0+

Security History

1 known vulnerability, all patched

1 Medium

Most recent: September 30, 2024

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What It Does

AVIF Uploader patches gaps in WordPress core so that AVIF image files can be uploaded, displayed in the media library, and processed into standard subsizes without errors. It does not convert existing JPEG or PNG files to AVIF, nor does it optimize or compress your images. Think of it as an enabler that turns on a format WordPress would otherwise reject.

Who It's For

This plugin suits site owners who already have AVIF files ready to upload (for example, photographers or designers exporting directly to AVIF) and need WordPress to stop blocking them. It is also a reasonable pick for developers maintaining sites where the client supplies AVIF assets and the media workflow must accept them by default.

Who Should Skip It

If you need automatic conversion of your existing JPEG and PNG library to AVIF, or built-in compression and lazy loading, this plugin is not the right tool. Anyone using a full optimization suite like Smush, Imagify, or Converter for Media already gets AVIF handling bundled in.

The Bottom Line

AVIF Uploader does one focused thing and does it freshly and compatibly, which makes it a sensible micro-plugin for sites with an existing AVIF workflow. The downsides are the very small user base, few independent ratings, and no support history, plus the fact that any decent optimization plugin already covers this ground. Use it as a lightweight patch, not as an image strategy.

Pick Smush when you want all-in-one compression, lazy loading, and AVIF or WebP delivery handled from one dashboard rather than a bare uploader.

Converter for Media – Optimize images | Convert WebP & AVIF 88/100

Choose Converter for Media if your priority is bulk-converting your existing media library to next-gen formats including AVIF, which this plugin does not do.

Imagify Image Optimization 87/100

Go with Imagify when you want a hosted optimization service that includes AVIF output alongside aggressive compression for new and existing images.

Imsanity 86/100

Imsanity is a better fit when the main problem is oversized uploads eating disk space, with format support being a secondary concern.

Firelight Lightbox 86/100

Firelight Lightbox solves a different problem entirely, so reach for it when you need a polished image lightbox rather than format support.