Featured Image in Content
by Nick Halsey · Uncategorized
Also makes 23 other plugins · 20.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
600+
≈700 estimated
Momentum
+30%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “featured images” to your wp.org tags. You rank #18 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
86 health vs 58 average across 25,756 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.9%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 15.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,774 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.
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 107 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.24★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
23%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| featured content | #5 | #10 | up 1 |
| featured image your tag | #16 | #18 | down 3 |
| featured | #20 | #18 | down 4 |
| show featured image | #9 | #14 | down 1 |
| featured images | #18 | #20 | down 1 |
| easy featured image | #11 | #20 | 0 |
| featured image size | #13 | #18 | 0 |
| featured thumbnail | #20 | #20 | up 1 |
| featured page | #24 | #23 | — |
| post thumbnail your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “featured images” to your wp.org tags. You rank #18 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
- One page off on “featured image”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 225 · 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
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 700.
Install history since 28 Mar 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ luisgdelafuente2.4y ago
It does it’s job well
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ argosmedia6.5y ago
Thank you!! Got headaches as why a certain theme don’t show featured images. This plugin just solves it without any fuss Great!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Edgar Ogba8.2y ago
This plugin makes all my worries to be gone as my features images can now show in my post content.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jesus Velazquez8.2y ago
The best plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ geoffreymerck8.8y 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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Atavisionary9.4y 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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ indianplayschools9.8y 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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ danayster4510.4y ago
Installed the plugin and wamn, featured image shows at the top of the post. Easy as cake, thanks champ
Read on wp.org ↗
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 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! 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 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,190 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 1 of 2 tags appear in the text; "post thumbnail" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-31 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-30 600+ → 700+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2026-10-11 700+ → 600+ down after 93 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 800+ → 700+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2026-06-27 900+ → 800+ down after 59 days in tier
- 2026-04-29 1K+ → 900+ down after 523 days in tier
- 2024-11-22 900+ → 1K+ up after 325 days in tier
- 2024-01-02 1K+ → 900+ down after 1940 days in tier
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).
- F Featured Image Admin Thumb 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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Multiple Featured Images 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D - A Add Featured Image to RSS Feed 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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ZI Hide Featured Image 600+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Setup Default Featured Image 400+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Post Thumbnail Extras 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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