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Frontier Restrict Media vs Default Featured Image

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

Default Featured Image is the safest pick: health A · 88 against 49 for Frontier Restrict Media, led by lower removal risk.

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	Frontier Restrict Media	Default Featured Image
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	50K–60K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-29%
Overall health	D · 49	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	5/100	93/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	85/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	9	69 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	47/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.6y ago	5mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	117	6.1K ✓
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.	+3%	+53%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.7%	8.8% ✓
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.