Find Posts Using Attachment vs Default Featured Image

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

Find Posts Using Attachment

by Sergey Biryukov

Health D47

Default Featured Image

by Jan-Willem

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

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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	Find Posts Using Attachment	Default Featured Image
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10% ✓	-14%
Overall health	D · 47	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.23★	4.70★ ✓
Reviews	27	68 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	77/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.2y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	139	3.8K ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

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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.