WP SVG Images Plugin

Securely upload SVG files to your Media Library. Uploaded SVG files are automatically sanitized.

SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics and is probably the most efficient way to display images.
WP SVG Images Plugin is an easy-to-use and lightweight plugin that allows you to upload SVG files to your media library safely and easily.

Features

• Support for SVG uploads to your Media Library.
• Sanitize uploaded SVG files. Malicious SVG/XML files are rejected from upload.
• Admin configurable SVG support for different user roles. Ability to disable SVG upload for different user roles.
• Different user roles can upload and/or sanitize the uploaded SVG images.
• SVG preview in Media Library.

Support

24/7 SVG support offered by ShortPixelhere or here.

Recommended plugins

This plugin is supported & maintained by ShortPixel.
Other popular plugins by ShortPixel:
FastPixel Caching – WP Optimization made easy
ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Image optimization & compression for all the images on your website, including WebP delivery – ShortPixel Image Optimizer.
ShortPixel Adaptive Images – On-the-fly image optimization & CDN delivery.
Enable Media Replace – Easily replace images or files in Media Library.
reGenerate Thumbnails Advanced – Easily regenerate thumbnails.
Resize Image After Upload – Automatically resize each uploaded image.

Hooks for developers

WPSVG_setAllowedTags

Allows you to specify more tags that will be not removed during sanitization

add_filter( 'WPSVG_setAllowedTags', 'my_custom_allowed_svg_tags', 10, 1 ); function my_custom_allowed_svg_tags( $tags ){ $tags[] = 'path'; return $tags; } 

WPSVG_setAllowedAttrs

Allows you to specify more attributes that will be not removed during sanitization

add_filter( 'WPSVG_setAllowedAttrs', 'my_custom_allowed_svg_attributes', 10, 1 ); function my_custom_allowed_svg_attributes( $attributes ){ $attributes[] = 'fill'; return $attributes; } 

1. Upload wp-svg-images directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

4.3

Release date: June 20th, 2024
* Fix: Patched a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability found by Colin Xu and responsibly disclosed by the WordFence team;
* Compat: Added compatibity with WP All Import plugin;
* Compat: Tested with the latest versions of WordPress (6.6) and PHP (8.3).

4.2

Release date: April 6th, 2023
* Compat: Tested on WordPress 6.2;
* Compat: Updated SVG sanitizer scripts;
* Tweak: Skip percentage width and height when reading SVG dimensions.

4.1

Release date: August 1st, 2022
* Tweak: auto hide the settings notice after visiting the settings page;
* Compat: tested the compatibility with WordPress 6.0;
* Fix: the settings link and button from the notice now work fine on all WordPress installs.

4.0

Release date: March 29th, 2022
* New: joined the ShortPixel family;
* New: added SVG sanitization;
* New: added settings page where you can enable/disable SVG upload per user role;
* Compat: deprecated WP_SVG_FOR_EVERYONE.

3.7

• tested on WordPress 5.9

3.6

• fix typo in last update

3.5

• tested on WordPress 5.8
• fix missing width and height for core/image block

3.4

• allow SVG uploads only for administrators and editors

3.3

• tested on WordPress 5.7

3.2

• tested on WordPress 5.4

3.1

• tested on WordPress 5.3

3.0

• added support for Beaver Builder media uploader

2.9

• tested on WordPress 5.0

2.8

• fix SVG size as featured image

2.7

• earlier upload_mimes filter init fix

2.6

• svg sizing css removed because of many conflicts

2.5

• fixed svg icon size in plugins updating listing

2.4

• SVN commit problem

2.3

• fixed svg icon size in plugins listing

2.2

• convert svg width and height to float number [PX]

2.1

• added svg width and height metadata

2.0

• added svgz support
• fixed svg thumbnails

1.4

• repair count() error

1.3

• 4.9 compatibility

1.2

• added size calculation fix for wp_get_attachment_image_src

1.1

• fix for WP4.7.1 bug

1.0

• First version