Featured Image Generator
by Aum Watcharapon · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Get the best photos from free license website like Unsplash. You can customize images by inserting layers and texts.
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Health
B 76/100
Open vulnerability
Active installs
1K+
≈1.7K estimated
Momentum
+21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “beautiful” and “image” for “thumbnail generator” and “featured images”. “beautiful” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “thumbnail generator” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “image” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “featured images” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
76 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 69.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,767 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 236 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
4.6★ over 11 reviews, smoothed to 4.19★ 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
-0.9
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
4%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| featured image generator | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| image generator | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| feature image generator | #3 | #6 | 0 |
| thumbnail generator | #12 | #16 | 0 |
| featured image | #23 | #21 | down 5 |
| unsplash your tag | #23 | #19 | down 5 |
| generator your tag | #24 | #21 | — |
| thumbnail image generator | #8 | #11 | 0 |
| featured your tag | #23 | #20 | down 1 |
| remove featured image | #11 | #17 | 0 |
| featured images | #24 | #22 | — |
| edit featured image | #14 | #19 | 0 |
| export featured images | #14 | #17 | down 3 |
| default featured image | #17 | #18 | 0 |
| wordpress best featured plugin | #19 | #23 | down 3 |
| featured image size | #19 | #20 | 0 |
| add featured image | #21 | #20 | down 2 |
| beautiful your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
30 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 17 listed. 13 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “beautiful” and “image” for “thumbnail generator” and “featured images”. “beautiful” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “thumbnail generator” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “image” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “featured images” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Slipping on “unsplash”. Down 5 places since 2026-09-19, now #23. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.6K · 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
8mo ago
latest release · v1.3.4 · 9 Mar 2026
27
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 89% 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 9 months ago; the previous band took 2.5 years to cross, which places it about 71% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Mar 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ devant_ro3.9y ago
it’s useless if you don’t pay. They ask you to go to their site, otherwise it’s absolutely just ok to search for images on unsplash. Not recommend
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ merzakabderrahim7.6y ago
Very useful. Bravo. This topic was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by merzakabderrahim.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aicragellebasi9.7y ago
Great idea! You can edit your featured images just like in Photoshop, but right into WordPress. Super convinient and free.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Hudson Atwell9.7y ago
Cheers, great plugin, great work. Very impressive. This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by Hudson Atwell.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ woratana10.2y ago
I used to do this in design software, which take 30 minutes per image. Now this plugin do the work under 2 minutes !
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Menn10.2y ago
Perfect plugin for creating quick and beautiful featured image with rightful.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ naiartdiary10.2y ago
I normally download images manually from unsplash to use as feature images. This plug-in saves me lots of time and eases of my blogging. Getting the API is a bit confuse at first but the documentation is very well written. Awesome, I love it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous10.2y ago
This plugin is awesome and save time to find image and edit it.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.3.4). 1 of 2 disclosed are patched.
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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 5 languages, 2 at 90% or more
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Get the best photos from free license website like Unsplash. You can customize images by inserting layers a..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 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 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 776 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "generator" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-08 2K+ → 1K+ down after 923 days in tier
- 2023-07-31 3K+ → 2K+ down after 523 days in tier
- 2022-02-23 4K+ → 3K+ down after 314 days in tier
- 2021-04-15 3K+ → 4K+ up after 652 days in tier
- 2019-07-03 2K+ → 3K+ up after 273 days in tier
- 2018-10-03 1K+ → 2K+ up after 185 days in tier
- 2018-04-01 500+ → 1K+ 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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Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Hide Featured Image 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Hide Show Featured Image 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
RSS Featured Image 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
PDF Thumbnail Generator 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Post List Featured Image 900+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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