Get First Image Set As Featured Image vs Featured Image from URL (FIFU)

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

Get First Image Set As Featured Image

by Venugopal

Health F37

Featured Image from URL (FIFU)

by fifu.app

Health A93

Active-install trajectory

Get First Image Set As Featured Image Featured Image from URL (FIFU)

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	Get First Image Set As Featured Image	Featured Image from URL (FIFU)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	-14% ✓
Overall health	F · 37	A · 93 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	51/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	87/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.04★	4.57★ ✓
Reviews	9	264 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.5y ago	11d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	47	110.3K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Get First Image Set As Featured Image Featured Image from URL (FIFU)

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.