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Featured Image in Content

by Nick Halsey · Uncategorized

Also makes 20 other plugins · 21.7K+ installs across the portfolio →

Not all themes work the same way, and sometimes switching themes can lead to a lot of headaches. If you've previously used a theme that supports …

⚠ Few reviews
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87 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 85/100
Support 70/100

87 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized plugins

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84 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 63/100
Listing tuning 68/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+42% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

145

now · peak 225

13930d downloads · Aug 26

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

Featured Image in Co · #8059 you Featured Image Admin · #1129 Multiple Featured Im · #3199 Add Featured Image t · #4411

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.

199per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
700–800 ≈750

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2016-03-28 · 1,427 observations

700Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
1mo ago
Added
2015-10-09 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
4.4
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. luisgdelafuente
    2.2y ago

    It does it’s job well

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  2. argosmedia
    6.3y ago

    Thank you!! Got headaches as why a certain theme don’t show featured images. This plugin just solves it without any fuss Great!

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  3. Edgar Ogba
    8.0y ago

    This plugin makes all my worries to be gone as my features images can now show in my post content.

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  4. Jesus Velazquez
    8.1y ago

    The best plugin.

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  5. geoffreymerck
    8.7y ago

    I am using PArabola theme and have been happy with it except I missed the featured image in the posts. This just solves this.

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  6. Atavisionary
    9.2y ago

    I switched to a new theme (wisteria) last week which I like a lot but the one issue I had was that it did not display all my featured images I had set up over the years in my individual posts. This plugin solved that problem with a level of ease unrivaled in web design. It took about ten seconds to install and have the solution on all my pages. Thank you so much for this plugin.

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  7. indianplayschools
    9.6y ago

    This plugin is so easy to use. I just installed and I had the featured image in the post. No need to mess up with code.A boon to non-coders like me. Thank You very much. This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by indianplayschools.

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  8. danayster45
    10.2y ago

    Installed the plugin and wamn, featured image shows at the top of the post. Easy as cake, thanks champ

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-07-10 800+ → 700+ down after 13 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-27 900+ → 800+ down after 59 days in tier
  3. 2026-04-29 1K+ → 900+ down after 523 days in tier
  4. 2024-11-22 900+ → 1K+ up after 325 days in tier
  5. 2024-01-02 1K+ → 900+ down

Competes with

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Featured Image in Content: 700+ active installs, 5.0★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-30. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/featured-image-in-content