Auto Featured Image (Auto Generated) vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

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

Health B72

Active-install trajectory

Auto Featured Image (Auto Generated) moved down one install band, 300+ to 200+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Auto Featured Image (Auto Generated)	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 72	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	75/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	7	215 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9mo ago	25d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	503	21K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2%	2.7% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Auto Featured Image (Auto Generated)Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

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.