Category Featured Images Extended vs Freundschaft Default Featured Images

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

Category Featured Images Extended

by CK MacLeod

Health D46

Freundschaft Default Featured Images

by Freundschaft

Health B73

Active-install trajectory

Category Featured Images Extended Freundschaft Default Featured Images

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Category Featured Images Extended	Freundschaft Default Featured Images
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500 ✓	100–200
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	+900% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	B · 73 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	82/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	77/100 ✓	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.09★ ✓	3.60★
Reviews	7 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.0y ago	7mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	149 ✓	68
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Category Featured Images Extended Freundschaft Default Featured Images

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.