Featured Image
by Mervin Praison · SEO
Also makes 7 other plugins · 2.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add featured image to any part of the website, on each individual post/page. Very Easy to Implement. Shortcode and widget available.
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Health
B 74/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “featured image”, “image” and “seo” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
74 health vs 65 average across 2,230 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 70.1K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,194 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 359 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.4★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
+0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| add featured image | #24 | #21 | 0 |
| featured image url | #22 | #21 | down 1 |
| easy featured image | #24 | #22 | 0 |
| url to featured image | #23 | #21 | down 1 |
| featured image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “featured image”, “image” and “seo” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.1K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
12mo ago
latest release · v2.2 · 8 Nov 2025
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 53% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 15 months ago; the previous band took 21 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 5 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ markmuller5.7y ago
Does what is should do. I just added a check in the code, i do not want the last post image in my sidebar on archive pages. if (!is_single()) return;
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Justin Dixon9.3y ago
The plugin does what it is supposed to do, however, there are some errors generated that can be easily fixed by adding “global $post;” to the top of the plugins function “getting_featured_img”. This topic was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by Justin Dixon.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Lohith M10.4y ago
Its really great plugin. It works as i expected thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mervin Praison11.0y ago
Nice
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kaliwoot212.3y ago
Truly terrible and (currently) uncompleted description of how to implement plugin successfully into wp code. Therefore, it does not work. What a waste.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ argosmedia13.3y ago
Nice little plugin. It would be cool to have a class parameter. So you can style it on an individual basis.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ DeVigenere13.7y ago
Hi. I hope you can help me. I don’t know how to do this. I suppose I have to put that shortcode [ featured-img ] somewhere, but I don’t know where? Same goes for the code: <?php if ( function_exists(‘get_featured_img’) ) get_featured_img(); ?>. Can you direkt me how to do that? Thanks in advance!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cwendt0114.0y ago
keepin’ it simple 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.2). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2026-06-25 CVE-2026-57431 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.1 Patched in 2.2
- 2025-11-10 CVE-2025-12019 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.1 Patched in 2.2
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add featured image to any part of the website, on each individual post/page. Very Easy to Implement. Shortc..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 5 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 833 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-26 2K+ → 1K+ down after 633 days in tier
- 2023-11-01 3K+ → 2K+ down after 393 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 4K+ → 3K+ down after 413 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 7K+ → 4K+ down after 1566 days in tier
- 2017-05-04 6K+ → 7K+ up
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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Reusable Blocks Extended 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - M Multiple Post Thumbnails 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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