Check Missing Featured Images
by termel · Uncategorized
Checks whether some posts are missing their featured images, tipically after a migration from another site.
45 health vs 62 average across 5,054 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2327 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
53
now · peak 164
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-06-19 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-06-18 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-06-16 40+ → 30+ down after 62 days in band
- 2025-04-15 30+ → 40+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-04-10 40+ → 30+ down after 326 days in band
- 2024-05-19 50+ → 40+ down after 33 days in band
- 2024-04-16 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-04-15 50+ → 40+ down after 6 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Image Sizes 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Image Watermark 40K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Auto Upload Images 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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