Title: Force use of ImageMagick image library
Author: Mark Howells-Mead
Published: <strong>May 2, 2016</strong>
Last modified: December 2, 2025

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# Force use of ImageMagick image library

 By [Mark Howells-Mead](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markhowellsmead/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mhm-forceimagemagick.1.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/mhm-forceimagemagick/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/mhm-forceimagemagick/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/mhm-forceimagemagick/#installation)
 * [Development](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/mhm-forceimagemagick/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mhm-forceimagemagick/)

## Description

Forces WordPress to use the ImageMagick image library. This plugin only instructs
WordPress to use the ImageMagick library. It doesn’t change how (or when) WordPress
generates images, and it doesn’t provide any additional functionality for creating
or resizing images.

If you need to know more about ImageMagick, then visit [the official website](http://www.imagemagick.org/).
Full information about [Post Thumbnails](https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Thumbnails)
and [image size and quality](https://codex.wordpress.org/Image_Size_and_Quality)
are in the WordPress Codex.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. That’s it.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Force use of ImageMagick image library” is open source software. The following 
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Mark Howells-Mead ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markhowellsmead/)

[Translate “Force use of ImageMagick image library” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mhm-forceimagemagick)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mhm-forceimagemagick/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/mhm-forceimagemagick/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mhm-forceimagemagick/)
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## Changelog

#### 1.1.0

 * Update tested up to version to 6.9.0.
 * Remove unnecessary $key variable on the class.
 * Code syntax improvements.

#### 1.0.6

 * Confirmation of compatibility with WordPress 4.7.
 * No functional changes.

#### 1.0.5

 * No functional changes.
 * Improve PHP function naming.
 * Remove unnecessary (unused) PHP class variables.

#### 1.0.4

 * Extend README.
 * Update author website link to new site.

#### 1.0.3

 * Confirms compatibility with WordPress 4.6.
 * Fixes erroneous README.
 * Removes delivered license file: see GPL v3 instead.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **5 months ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.0**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mhm-forceimagemagick/)
 * Tags
 * [exif](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/exif/)[image-generation](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image-generation/)
   [imagemagick](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/imagemagick/)[images](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/images/)
   [iptc](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/iptc/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/mhm-forceimagemagick/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Mark Howells-Mead ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markhowellsmead/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mhm-forceimagemagick/)

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