Require Featured Image vs SEO Friendly Images

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

Require Featured Image

by pressupinc

Health D44

SEO Friendly Images

by Vladimir Prelovac

Health F38

Active-install trajectory

Require Featured Image SEO Friendly Images

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	Require Featured Image	SEO Friendly Images
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 44 ✓	F · 38
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100 ✓	54/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.92★ ✓	3.17★
Reviews	16	59 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	44/100 ✓	41/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	6.7y ago ✓	8.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	434	768 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Require Featured Image SEO Friendly Images

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.