Default Featured Image Themed
by Kay Joe · Media
Set an uploaded image as a default featured image for all posts without a featured image. Remove an image set as featured image for one or more posts.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.22.
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
Most to gain: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2116 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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Since 2024-09-26 · 728 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
32
now · peak 32
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history · since 2026-09-23 · 2 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Default Featured Image 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Phoenix Media Rename 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Easy Watermark 30K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
PNG to JPG 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Replace Image 8K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C - N Nav Menu Images 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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