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Admin Featured Thumbnail vs Featured Image Admin Thumb

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Featured Image Admin Thumb is the safest pick: health A · 87 against 45 for Admin Featured Thumbnail, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Admin Featured Thumbnail	Featured Image Admin Thumb
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	20K–30K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	D · 45	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	96/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	1	40 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.5y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	89	2.1K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-18%	+37%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.5%	9.4% ✓
Category	Media	Media

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Admin Featured ThumbnailFeatured Image Admin Thumb

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.