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Hide Featured Image vs WP Hide Show Featured Image

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

WP Hide Show Featured Image is the safest pick: health C · 64 against 41 for Hide Featured Image, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

WP Hide Show Featured Image moved down one install band, 4K+ to 3K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Hide Featured Image	WP Hide Show Featured Image
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	3K–4K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	4K+ → 3K+
Overall health	D · 41	C · 64 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	49/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.6★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	81 ✓	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	71/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.4y ago	1.3y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	819 ✓	453
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.	+55%	+27%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.7%	6.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Hide Featured ImageWP Hide Show Featured Image

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.