What you need

• WordPress 6.4 or newer
• PHP 8.0 or newer
• No other plugin, service or account required

Installing it

1. The free version is in review for the WordPress.org directory. Once listed, open Plugins → Add New, search for Responsive Focal Point, install and activate it.
2. Open its Status screen from the sidebar. It reports what is running, and it is the first place to look if something later seems not to be.
3. That is the whole installation. Every setting has a working default, so nothing has to be configured before the plugin does its job.

Adding Pro

1. Keep the free plugin active. Pro extends it rather than replacing it, and WordPress refuses to activate Pro on its own.
2. Download the Pro zip from your receipt or your order history, then install it through Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
3. Paste your licence key on the Licence screen and activate it. Updates then arrive in wp-admin like any other plugin.

Where everything is in wp-admin

1. The focal point control appears on every image in the Media Library, which is where the work actually happens.
2. Breakpoints is the list of widths an editor can set a separate point for.
3. Status reports what is active and shows the template helpers.
4. Images is the audit: coverage across the library, and what still has nothing set.
5. Documentation is the full reference, bundled with the plugin.

Settings

Actions and filters

A worked example

// More breakpoints than the free tier allows.
add_filter( 'wpfp_breakpoint_limit', fn( int $limit ): int => 6 );

// Add a selector of your own to the generated stylesheet.
add_filter( 'wpfp_stylesheet', function ( string $css ): string {
	return $css . "n.hero__image img { object-fit: cover; }";
} );

// Do something whenever an editor saves a focal point.
add_action( 'wpfp_points_saved', function ( int $attachment_id, array $points ): void {
	do_action( 'my_cdn_purge', wp_get_attachment_url( $attachment_id ) );
}, 10, 2 );

If something is wrong

The other two plugins