Remote Media Upload vs Featured Image from URL (FIFU)

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

Remote Media Upload

by Md Rashedul Islam

Health D41

Featured Image from URL (FIFU)

by fifu.app

Health A93

Active-install trajectory

Remote Media Upload 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	Remote Media Upload	Featured Image from URL (FIFU)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-14%
Overall health	D · 41	A · 93 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	87/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.57★ ✓
Reviews	0	264 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.2y ago	11d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	38	110.3K ✓
Category	Performance	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Remote Media Upload 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.