Easy Featured Image
by RPG84 · Admin & Utilities
Easily edit and see featured images on your post edit screen.
41 health vs 53 average across 2,828 Admin & Utilities 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5649 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
58
now · peak 155
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 50+ → 40+ down after 322 days in tier
- 2025-08-22 60+ → 50+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2025-08-10 50+ → 60+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2025-07-20 60+ → 50+ down after 138 days in tier
- 2025-03-04 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-03-02 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-01 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-28 60+ → 50+ down after 90 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- R Require Featured Image 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
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WEN Featured Image 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Featured Image Column 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Three Column Screen Layout 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
Roles & Capabilities 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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