External URL Featured Image vs WP Autoset Featured Image Plus

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

External URL Featured Image and WP Autoset Featured Image Plus are close on health (D · 44 vs D · 43), with nothing separating them on the sub-scores.

External URL Featured Image

by jmarreros

Health D44

WP Autoset Featured Image Plus

by lucia.intelisano

Health D43

Active-install trajectory

External URL Featured Image moved down one install band, 400+ to 300+; WP Autoset Featured Image Plus moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	External URL Featured Image	WP Autoset Featured Image Plus
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400 ✓	100–200
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	400+ → 300+ ✓	-50%
Overall health	D · 44 ✓	D · 43
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100 ✓	70/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★ ✓	3.8★
Reviews	8 ✓	6
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	42/100 ✓	37/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	6.1y ago ✓	11.2y ago
Downloads, last 30d	118 ✓	100
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.	+2%	+41%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.1% ✓	0.6%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

External URL Featured ImageWP Autoset Featured Image Plus

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.