Manual Image Crop vs Conditionally display featured image on singular p

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

Manual Image Crop

by Tomasz Sita

Health B84

Conditionally display featured image on singular p

by cyrillbolliger

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Manual Image Crop Conditionally display featured image on singular p

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	Manual Image Crop	Conditionally display featured image on singular p
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	8K–9K	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 84	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	96/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	77/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.07★	4.60★ ✓
Reviews	56 ✓	38
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	16d ago ✓	4mo ago
Downloads · 30d	6.7K ✓	3.1K
Category	Media	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Manual Image Crop Conditionally display featured image on singular p

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.