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ZI Hide Featured Image vs Featured Image Admin Thumb

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

Featured Image Admin Thumb is the safest pick: health A · 87 against 42 for ZI Hide Featured Image, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

ZI Hide Featured Image moved down one install band, 700+ to 600+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric ZI Hide Featured Image Featured Image Admin Thumb
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 600–700 20K–30K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. -14% Stable ✓
Overall health D · 42 A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 4/100 96/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 65/100 89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 3.6★ 4.5★ ✓
Reviews 6 40 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 45/100 97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Elevated Low ✓
Last updated 3.8y ago 4mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 179 2.1K ✓
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. +50% +33%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 6.2% 9.4% ✓
Category Blocks Media

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

Release activity

ZI Hide Featured ImageFeatured Image Admin Thumb

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.