Swifty Image Widget
Super simple but powerful widget that allows adding single or multiple images to your widget positions, using native media uploader.
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Swifty Image Widget shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 900+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 3 years ago, and scores 39/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (900+ active installs)
- No update in 3 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.3 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & supportDaily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Swifty Image Widget stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| image list | >100 |
| image widget | >100 |
| resize | >100 |
| sidebar | >100 |
| widget | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 12 reviews
About Swifty Image Widget
From the official readme · v1.1.1Description
Super simple but powerful widget that allows adding single or multiple images to your widget positions, using native media uploader. You can add caption for each image to act as testimonial, or you can use it as banner advertising module because its not being blocked with Ad Blocker. It doesn’t load any javascript on front end so its super fast. Use drag and drop to rearrange images.
Check out demo in sidebar here
Major features in Swifty Image Widget include:
- Easily select image from your media collection
- Add one or add multiple images
- Chose full size, one from registered sizes by your theme or define your custom size
- Add caption that will show below image (optional)
- Add link (optional)
- Enable/disable rel nofollow
- Drag and Drop to rearrange images
- Arrange images/banners next to each other or below each other
- Not being blocked by AdBlocker
- Just one css file (0.5kb) called for front styling, no scripts.
- Super Light and Super Fast
- Responsive
- Secure and written with best practices
Check my other plugins at www.wpgens.com
If you have any suggestions/feedback to improve Swifty Image Widget, please get in touch with me via email goran@wpgens.com .
Also be sure to check out Swifty Bar. Plugin that you will fall in love with 🙂
Installation
- Upload the Swifty Image WIdget plugin to your blog, Activate it.
- Go to Widget Page and move Swifty Image Widget to desired widget position.
Changelog
1.1.1
- Support for latest WP version
1.1.0
- Support for PHP 8.0 and latest WP version
1.0.3
- WP version update
1.0.1
- Fixed double IDs and removed double hrefs on older browsers
1.0
- Initial Release 22 August 2015
Screenshots
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Best Swifty Image Widget alternatives
All image list plugins →| Rank | Plugin | Active installs |
|---|---|---|
| 2 |
WP All Image Sizes
List all registered image sizes in a meta box on the attachment page (media library) and in…
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60+ |
FAQ
Swifty Image Widget: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026
Is Swifty Image Widget free?
Yes. Swifty Image Widget is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Swifty Image Widget safe to use in 2026?
Swifty Image Widget shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 900+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 3 years ago, and scores 39/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Swifty Image Widget?
Swifty Image Widget is active on 900+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 27,381 times since it launched in August 2015. It was downloaded 116 times in the last 30 days.
Does Swifty Image Widget work with WordPress 7.1?
Swifty Image Widget is officially tested up to WordPress 6.3.12, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Swifty Image Widget last updated?
The latest version, 1.1.1, was released on August 9, 2023 (3 years ago).
Who makes Swifty Image Widget?
Swifty Image Widget is developed and maintained by Goran87.
What are the best alternatives to Swifty Image Widget?
The most popular alternatives to Swifty Image Widget are WP All Image Sizes (60+ installs).
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