Preload Featured Image vs Preload Images

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

Preload Featured Image

by Umut

Health D50

Preload Images

by Ravikumar Patel

Health D47

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	Preload Featured Image	Preload Images
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	900–1K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	-10% ✓
Overall health	—	D · 47 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	25/100 ✓	4/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	0	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	61/100 ✓	48/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	2.0y ago ✓	3.7y ago
Downloads · 30d	69	173 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.7%	6.9% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ 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.