Cloudinary - Deliver Images and Videos at Scale

Install from within WordPress

• Visit the plugins page within your dashboard and select Add New.
• Search for Cloudinary.
• Select Cloudinary – Image and Video Optimization, Manipulation, and Delivery from the list.
• Activate Cloudinary from your Plugins page.
• Go to Setting up below.

Install Cloudinary manually

• Upload the Cloudinary folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
• Activate the Cloudinary plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
• Go to Setting up below.

Setting up

• Once the plugin is activated, go to the Cloudinary settings.
• You’ll be prompted to Add your Cloudinary URL.
• Enter your Cloudinary environment variable URL, the format should be cloudinary://{API_Key}:{API_Secret}@{Cloud_Name} and can be found in the Account Details section of the Cloudinary Console Dashboard, then click save.
• After saving, additional settings tabs will be available. Note If you have two factor authentication configured for your account, you will need to open the Cloudinary Console and login before you can use the Cloudinary plugin. Your site is now setup to start using Cloudinary.

3.3.5 (20 July 2026) Fixes and Improvements:

• Behind-the-scenes data handling improvements

3.3.4 (24 June 2026) Fixes and Improvements:

• Cloudinary fields on taxonomy term edit pages can now be collapsed
• Improved the styling of the deactivation feedback form and made the Skip and deactivate option more prominent
• Resolved deprecation warnings when running on PHP 8.4
• Fixed an asset synchronization issue that could result in duplicate assets being created
• Fixed a fatal error that could occur during plugin activation in certain environments
• Fixed an Elementor regression that caused dynamic background images to display the same image across all posts

3.3.3 (29 April 2026) Fixes and Improvements:

• Minor bug fixes and performance improvements

3.3.2 (23 February 2026) Fixes and Improvements:

• Added AVIF as a selectable image format in the Image Optimization settings
• Fixed a PHP warning caused by an incorrect relative path in class-media.php
• Removed the legacy PHP 5.6 GitHub Action from CI to align with currently supported PHP versions

3.3.1 (05 February 2026) Fixes and Improvements:

• Refreshed the user interface for the Crop and Gravity feature
• Standardized permission_callback handling across all REST endpoints, enforcing capability checks and default nonce validation
• Improved lazy-load logic by normalizing DPR values to reduce unnecessary derived asset generation
• Fixed issues with front-end background images from page builders when assets aren’t delivered via Cloudinary
• Improved deletion handling for Cloudinary parent assets

3.3.0 (14 January 2026) Fixes and Improvements:

• Introduced a new Transformation Effects column, replacing the previous Transformations column. Transformation Effects now includes the transformation field as well as image overlays and text overlays
• Added a new Crop and Gravity feature (beta), available under Image Settings and directly on individual images within the WordPress Media Library
• Replaced legacy sample image and video with updated assets
• Minor bug fixes and general improvements

3.2.14 (22 October 2025) Fixes and Improvements:

• Upgraded dependencies: form-data and @babel/traverse packages updated for improved stability and security
• Improved SQL queries for enhanced compatibility and performance with WP Engine environments
• Improved initialization performance by optimizing the sanitize_slug method usage to reduce unnecessary processing
• Fixed incompatibility causing broken media URLs when JetEngine dashboard styles loaded inline SVGs

3.2.13 (17 September 2025) Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed a PHP warning on the Reviews page when using Tags with Customer Reviews for WooCommerce
• Fixed a conflict with the RankMath SEO plugin
• Fixed an issue with ignored SVG support. The plugin now preserves SVG format for synced Cloudinary assets
• Fixed print_script_data to prevent errors on the WordPress login page
• Fixed additional asset sync issues with the Disable/Remove functionality
• Fixed syncing issue with WebM audio files
• Fixed an issue where the Classic Editor incorrectly attempted to generate responsive breakpoints for audio files

3.2.12 (12 August 2025) Fixes and Improvements:

• Added a filter to remove dns-prefetch or preconnect for improved resource loading control
• Reduced SQL queries that were causing performance spikes, resulting in better overall performance
• Fixed assets to sync automatically upon plugin updates

3.2.11 (30 June 2025) Fixes and Improvements:

• Cron jobs now disabled by default to reduce unnecessary requests
• Updated REST API in FAQ to support enabling/disabling the cron jobs

3.2.10 (24 June 2025) Fixes and Improvements:

• Upgraded the Cloudinary Video Player to v3.0.2

3.2.9 (24 June 2025) Fixes and Improvements:

• Upgraded the Cloudinary Video Player to v3.0.1
• Improved cronjob stability with a new “enabled by default” check
• Fixed a relationship table issue affecting the Timber theme

3.2.8 (04 June 2025) Fixes and Improvements:

• Minor bug fixes and improvements

3.2.7 (06 May 2025) Fixes and Improvements:

• Upgraded the Cloudinary Video Player to v2.3.5
• Reduced excessive REST API calls
• Fixed a compatibility issue with the Next Bricks page builder
• Resolved an Uncaught DivisionByZeroError related to breakpoints
• Fixed an overlay issue where granular position control on the X and Y axes was not respected
• Fixed an error related to rest_request_before_callbacks

3.2.6 (24 March 2025) Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed debug warning message in class-media.php on line 1941
• Resolved certain block validation errors in the Block Patterns UI
• Fixed an issue with rendering interactive 3D GLB formats

3.2.5 (19 February 2025) Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed issue where the smallest image was not being generated by responsive breakpoints
• Resolved deprecation notice appearing on every page in PHP 8.0+
• Updated FAQ to include details on our new WPML compatibility

3.2.4 (14 January 2025) Fixes and Improvements:

• Upgraded the Cloudinary Video Player to v2.2.0
• Fixed image block validation errors in the Block Patterns UI
• Resolved image block error messages that required recovery
• De-registered all Cloudinary cron jobs when deactivating the plugin

3.2.3 (03 December 2024) Fixes and Improvements:

• Resolved broken dependencies on WordPress 6.7
• Fixed a file existence check that caused a plugin crash
• Addressed an issue preventing the activation of the crop and gravity beta feature at the asset level
• Fixed the timing of when translations are loaded to comply with updated WordPress initialization requirements

3.2.2 (28 October 2024) Fixes and improvements:

• Clarified the concept of global transformations across plugin settings and post types
• Improved CLI sync reliability
• Fixed PDF files not showing as embedded from the media library
• Fixed image block errors causing block recovery prompts
• Added compatibility for password-protected websites

3.2.1 (18 September 2024) Fixes and improvements:

• Added Cloud name and plan information to the Dashboard and sidebar
• Improved the wizard workflow and enhanced security
• Fixed several PHP errors

3.2.0 (03 September 2024) Fixes and improvements:

• Added an option to resolve Cloudinary sync errors, accessible both from the Cloudinary dashboard and the WordPress media library
• Introduced a new $29/month Small Plan for free users looking to enhance their Cloudinary experience
• Fixed an issue with sitemaps that caused the duplication of query strings

3.1.9 (29 July 2024) Fixes and improvements:

• Added support for WPML
• Updated the Wizard with new instructions for obtaining the Cloudinary API key
• Fixed issue with downloaded fragments not being deleted

3.1.8 (25 March 2024) Fixes and Improvements:

• Added the Cloudinary for WordPress Administrators course as part of the plugin need help section
• Added individual "Need Help? Watch Lessons Here!" call-outs at the top of every section as a tool tip, pointing to specific lessons where that section is covered
• Updated the FAQ section
• Upgraded the Cloudinary Video Player to v1.11.1
• Fixed Cloudinary\tmpfile() undefined error log when importing assets from Cloudinary
• Fixed md5() method deprecation warning in PHP 8.2

3.1.7 (21 February 2024) Fixes and Improvements:

• Upgraded the Cloudinary Video Player to v1.10.1
• Added support for video analytics
• Fixed Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method Cloudinary\Delivery::clean_url() error message
• Fixed individual transformations lost when upgrading the plugin version

3.1.6 (17 JANUARY 2024) Fixes and Improvements:

• Added support for video adaptive bitrate streaming protocols, HLS and MPEG-DASH
• Implemented eagerly generating transformations for auto_formats to ensure faster delivery for both images and videos
• Enable the Cloudinary video player when using a video URL in the video block
• Fixed syncing and delivery of SVG files to Cloudinary
• Resolved the issue of failure in fetching local data as it should appear on the plugin dashboard
• Fixed a missing comma in the sizes attribute
• Fixed the problem of extra query calls when no frontend URLs are detected
• Fixed the extension being removed while using f_auto for video delivery
• Resolved the issue of pushing staging assets to production, resulting in a full resync of the assets
• Fixed invalid data in the additional settings block when editing the Cloudinary product gallery widget
• Added a filter for extending eagerly generating transformations formats - cloudinary_upload_eager_formats
• Added a filter for supporting different headless frontend domain - cloudinary_delivery_searchable_url
• Added a filter for supporting different content URLs - cloudinary_content_url

3.1.5 (11 OCTOBER 2023) Fixes and Improvements:

• Added a filter for allowing RAW URLs for images - cloudinary_bypass_seo_url
• Added a filter for better control of the SEO URL - cloudinary_seo_public_id
• Fixed Cloudinary gallery compatibility issue with WooCommerce v7.8 and up
• Fixed the double extension on RAW files

3.1.4 (23 AUGUST 2023) Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed PHP warnings related to version 8.X

3.1.3 (19 JUNE 2023) Fixes and Improvements:

• Added filters to allow extended metadata sync from Cloudinary to WordPress
• Added a filter to extend the limit of imported assets in a bulk from Cloudinary to WordPress
• Added a beta feature by the use of filters in order change the Crop and Gravity controls
• Fixed plan status in the Cloudinary dashboard page
• Fixed saving the taxonomy transformations

3.1.2 (29 MARCH 2023) Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed support for special characters as (^) causing a broken thumbnail
• Fixed Cloudinary URLs for all non-media library assets
• Fixed PHP error caused by transformations on unsupported file types

3.1.1 (06 MARCH 2023) Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed the Add transformation on the media library for newly added assets
• Fixed PHP warning in error log after upgrading to PHP 8/8.X

3.1 (22 FEBRUARY 2023) Fixes and Improvements:

• Added proactive mechanism that improves the support of synced assets using a cron job
• Improved the very first initialisation of the setup wizard
• Fixed the warning message when adding multi page PDFs
• Fixed the Cloudinary status from the WP admin bar
• Fixed the DivisionByZeroError Fatal error message

3.0.9 (25 OCTOBER 2022) Fixes and Improvements:

• Added support to bypass lazy-loading above-the-fold
• Added flag to easily spot synced/un-synced assets via Media endpoint on REST API
• Improved SVG support
• Improved compatibility with older versions of WordPress
• Fixed a post featured image Lazy-load conflict error
• Fixed Fetched URLs being switched to URL of unsyncable/broken assets
• Fixed taxonomy term ordering
• Fixed deprecated warnings on PHP 8.1

3.0.8 (13 SEPTEMBER 2022) Fixes and Improvements:

• Added filters for capabilities checks
• Fixed WebP being converted to gif when pulling assets from Cloudinary
• Fixed Conflict with WP Rest API Cache where the plugin is ignoring Cloudinary URL
• Fixed Lazy Loading breaks loading of images rendered from the headless source - WPGraphQL
• Fixed PHPCompatibiltyWP missing from PHPCS config file
• Improved PHP 8.X plugin compatibility
• Improved Front-end JS compatibility issues originating from other media-related plugins
• Improved Lazy Loading and general sliders compatibility issues

3.0.7 (01 August 2022) Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed issue of transformations being lost while pulling an asset from Cloudinary

3.0.6 (25 July 2022) Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed PHP Illegal string offset warning
• Fixed Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function Cloudinary\Media\get_current_screen()
• Fixed[WPGraphQL] Inconsistent media URLs in response
• Fixed the alt-text on the initial import from Cloudinary
• Improved Product gallery widget color palette compatibility with various themes
• Moved asset transformations to relationship table
• Added Support for upload_prefix in URLs
• Updated the plugin deactivation screen

3.0.5 (29 June 2022) Fixes and Improvements:

• Add support for Cloudinary Dynamic Folders mode
• Fixed Elementor compatibility issue - We’re sorry about that!
• Fixed UTF-8 in Portuguese using Elementor
• Fixed ACF encoding issue

3.0.4 (31 May 2022) Fixes and Improvements:

• Added an Overwrite Global Transformations checkbox on Add media modal, making it compatible with most page builders;
• Image breakpoints page is now called Responsive images
• Improved the location for DPR settings now under the Lazy Loading section
• Improved the location for SVG settings now under the Additional image transformations field
• Improved the UX when adding a domain for External Asset Sync Settings
• Fixed Multisite environment PHP warning when plugin network activated
• Fixed calling wp_calculate_image_srcset() in a multisite environment breaking the srcset
• Fixed issue with get_the_post_thumbnail_url()
• Fixed assets URLs stored on metadata
• Fixed rendering responsive Cloudinary images by attachment id with cld_params on top of the global transformations
• Fixed duplicate transformations and cld_params applied to URLs
• Fixed images loaded via AJAX missing lazy-loading/responsive features
• Fixed warning message when an image is deleted from the WordPress Media Library but still referenced in a Product Gallery Widget block
• Fixed wp_get_attachment_*() functions returning the local path
• Fixed header URLs not being replaced
• Fixed issue with responsive Images when size-* class is not added
• Fixed Cloudinary video player not working on CNAME cloud accounts

3.0.3 (26 April 2022) Fixes and Improvements:

• Updated Cloudinary video player to v1.9.0
• Added a new filter for Unsynced assets in WordPress Media Library
• Updated WP-CLI with --verbose and --export flags
• Updated the Wizard screen with the new Cloudinary developer dashboard
• Added an i=AA param at the end of a URL when using Cloudinary video player
• Image nodes is now returning a Cloudinary URL when querying with WPGraphQL
• Fixed error on a server running PHP 8.1.1
• Fixed WooCommerce blurred images
• Fixed referencing Cloudinary images after deleting plugin while using Divi theme
• Fixed inconsistencies with headers and cover images aspect ratios
• Fixed Media Library error when adding attributes product images via ACF + WooCommerce
• Fixed Cloudinary video player fails to work on CNAME based cloud accounts

3.0.2 (08 March 2022) Fixes and Improvements:

• Improved system report error handling
• Fixed compatibility issue with the FooGallery plugin
• Fixed video dimensions attributes for imported video assets
• Fixed the CLDBind not defined error message
• Fixed WooCommerce gallery links
• Fixed support for images with double extensions
• Added support for the Brizy page builder
• Added support for Querying raw HTML content with WPGraphQL - content only
• Better handling UTF-8 characters

3.0.1 (18 January 2022) Fixes and Improvements:

• Added SVG support (beta)
• Improved custom HTML for Featured images
• Fixed extra request handling on faulty 'srcset'
• Improved how the plugin handles image cropping functionality
• Fixed the URL where in some cases the delivery URL was wrong
• Fixed db errors related to wp_cloudinary_relationships table
• Fixed "Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'length')" error
• Fixed System report missing data

3.0.0 (06 December 2021) Release of a new major version of the plugin

• Entire new look and feel
• New set-up wizard for a quick and simple configuration
• New Dashboard displaying the optimization level of your site’s assets
• New improved section of the dashboard displaying your Cloudinary’s plan details
• New levels of optimization settings across the plugin screens
• New asset sync settings which allows to sync additional media files such as themes & plugins
• New External Asset Sync settings from specific external sources with Cloudinary
• Cloudinary DAM as a new extension of the plugin
• New lazy loading controls with built in simulation!
• Added a preview to the Responsive images settings which now includes new DPR control
• Granular control of asset transformations within the WordPress media library
• New Cloudinary status as an extra information overlay on the frontend - images only
• Brand new Help Centre screen

2.7.7 (11 October 2021) Fixes and Improvements:

• General improvement of the Cloudinary only storage
• Improved the compatibility with future Gutenberg versions
• Introduced filter support for external domains assets upload
• Moved Cloudinary logs to it's own meta key
• Fixed the explicit delivery image file format
• Fixed the grid view thumbnail sizes on WordPress media library

2.7.6 (16 August 2021) Fixes and Improvements:

• Added context to Cloudinary scripts to prevent conflict with other plugins
• Fixed raw files delivery duplicating the file extension
• Fixed typo when upgrading from v1 to v2 of the plugin
• Fixed Cloudinary Only storage where image pulled from Cloudinary are saved locally

2.7.5 (20 July 2021) Fixes and Improvements:

• Decoupling Cloudinary metadata from attachment metadata
• Fixed the duplicated suffix when re-syncing assets to Cloudinary
• Added a query parameter to the requested URL's

2.7.4 (23 June 2021) Fixes and Improvements:

• Improved the re-sync asset mechanism speed
• Fixed compatibility issue with WP Webhooks plugin
• Fixed invalid transformation message on the preview screen
• Fixed the ordering of scaled transformations
• Fixed legacy core compatibility issue on WP version prior to 5.3
• Fixed the override the transformation of featured image
• Fixed the system report which now includes Cloudinary’s configurations

2.7.3 (26 May 2021) Fixes and Improvements:

• Added support for setting the connection string as a constant
• Fixed the asset suffix being duplicated in the metadata while asset is syncing
• Fixed the default meta key on get_post_meta
• Fixed the display of the “Uninitialized string offset: 0” notice

2.7.2 (11 May 2021) Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed overriding files with the same name

2.7.1 (20 Apr 2021) Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed support for syncing assets' caption metadata
• Added system report to the deactivation form
• Product gallery scripts are now loaded only when needed
• Fixed manual sync of a single asset
• Fixed issues related to "Cloudinary only storage" option
• Fixed delivery of fetched/other special image types from Cloudinary
• Fixed an error when using the "Twenty Twenty" theme

2.7.0 (15 Mar 2021) New Features:

• All WordPress Media Library file types are now syncable to Cloudinary
• Added system report for better support experience
• Added bottom option into the product gallery main carousel parameter
• Added Pad modes into the product gallery main viewer parameter
• Added Fill modes into the product gallery main viewer parameter
• Video player loading performance was improved

Fixes and Improvements:

• Updated Cloudinary video player to version 1.5.1
• Fixed product gallery in case of adding unsynced asset
• Fixed WordPress Media Library error when editing an asset already synced to Cloudinary
• Fixed sync failure for media added as an external URL by other plugins

2.6.0 (01 Feb 2021) New Features:

• Added a "wp cloudinary analyze" CLI command which returns the synchronization state of the assets
• Added a "wp cloudinary sync" CLI command which triggers the synchronization of all pending assets

Fixes and improvements:

• Sync process improvements
• Sync process 1000 asset limitation was removed
• Folder path now supports forward slashes
• Deleting media on the WordPress media library will now delete them on Cloudinary
• Fixed an infinite loading issue when using videos
• Fixed compatibility issues with Smush plugin
• Fixed compatibility issues with using the Cloudinary tab in ACF plugin
• Minor cosmetic updates

2.5.0 (20 Jan 2021) New Features:

• Brand new user interface!
• Introducing the Cloudinary Product Gallery (beta feature):
• We added a new 'Cloudinary Gallery' block to the Gutenberg Editor
• When using WooCommerce, you can now use the 'Cloudinary Gallery' as your default product gallery
• Added a rate-us link. Please rate us! ;-)
• Added support for conditional transformations

Fixes and improvements:

• Improve the REST API capabilities for better integrability
• Bug fixes

2.4.1 (07 Jan 2021) Fixes and improvements:

• Improved server calling efficiency
• More fixes

2.4.0 (10 Nov 2020) New Features:

• Added breakpoints support for featured images
• Global transformations on both Categories and Tags pages are now collapsible
• On plugin deactivation, we will ask you to share with us the reason. It’s important to us :)

Fixes and improvements:

• Fixed an issue with syncing a deleted asset
• Improved the mechanism for removing the Cloudinary account
• The warning message for exceeding the annual unit plan was revised
• Improved the Alt text synchronization from Cloudinary to WordPress
• Fixed WPBakery error when inserting an image by the WordPress editor
• Fixed AMP plugin conflict issue

2.3.0 (05 Oct 2020) New Features:

• Added a poster image for video asset

Fixes and improvements:

• Re-sync assets to user specified folder instead of root
• Store the original uploaded image to cloudinary
• Fixed 'Resource not found' error when changing credentials
• Fixed incompatibility with text media block

2.2.1 (30 Sep 2020) Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed an error when toggling 'featured image overwrite' on a custom post type

2.2.0 (08 Sep 2020) New Features:

• You can now off-load all assets from WordPress to Cloudinary!!
• Automatically convert unsupported media file types (such as INDD, PSD, TIFF, etc) to WordPress supported file types
• Synchronization mechanism was re-built and now exposes a more granular status updates
• Lazy load polyfills for outdated browsers
• Add the ability to overwrite the global transformation to a feature image
• High quota usage alert is now dismissible
• Updated Cloudinary brand

Fixes and Improvements:

• Sync tab UI improvements
• Various performance improvements
• Fixed an issues where excessive transformations being created due to breakpoints not disabling
• Sync assets to allow for unique naming, to prevent overwriting existing items

2.1.9 (04 Aug 2020) Fixes and Improvements:

• Upgraded the Cloudinary video version
• Added two new synced icons: Downloading and Syncing meta data
• Minor UI improvements
• Bug fixes:
• Fixed the $wpsize_!_cld_full! param that can be observed in the Cloudinary URL
• Fixed wrong calculation of quota credits vs percentage
• Fixed Upload error on files over 100mb from the previous version
• Fixed the Ability of Changing the Public Id
• Fixed Interaction with code blocks with filters that might cause “invalid content”
• Fixed Overwrite transformations on videos
• Fixed excessive backslash stripping

2.1.2 (09 Jun 2020) Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed cases where the image size were added to the URL.
• Added support to dashes ('-') in the connection string.
• Added an option to re-sync a single asset to Cloudinary.

2.1.1 (01 Jun 2020) New features:

• We now provide several options for the WP<->Cloudinary sync, allowing you to better control your media:
• Bulk-sync - Will sync all assets with Cloudinary in a click-of-a-button.
• Auto-sync - Will sync new uploaded assets in an on-demand manner.
• Manual - Added a push to Cloudinary button to the Media Library bulk actions that allows syncing selected assets to Cloudinary.
• Global Transformations are now being applied to Featured Images.
• Added an Account Status to the dashboard tab, displaying the account usage, quota and metrics.

Fixes and Improvements:

• Improved the sync mechanism.
• General bug fixes and performance improvements.
• Improved error handling.

2.0.3 (03 Apr 2020)

• Fix migration issue

2.0.0 (31 Mar 2020)

• Release of a new major version of the plugin