Attempts to optimize the game by making item frames render with 1 shape instead of 5. Making the frame of the item frame flat with the middle part instead of extruded outwards.
If you are here for performance improvements, combine this with ImmediatelyFast
Also check out my other resourcepack: Unexplored Map Highlighter
Without Simple Item Frames:
With Simple Item Frames:
Original by u/RandomIntel: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/5x3im6/i_updated_simple_item_frames_for_all_the_versions/
Updated to 1.16.4 by u/hazzeFox: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/lhfagg/i_updated_randomintels_simple_item_frames/
Updated to 1.21.4 by me (Cobwebblocks): Adds glow item frame and changes resource pack version to match game version
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .zip (resource pack)
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.17, 1.17.1, 1.18
- How to install: Download the .zip resource pack — do not unzip it. → Put it in .minecraft/resourcepacks. → Enable it in Options → Resource Packs.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java resource packs walks through it step by step.
- Downloads as [1.21.4] Simple Item Frames.zip
- Download size: 9 KB
- Download link checked 7 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.