Featured Image Pro Post Grid
by A. Jones · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 3.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
Display a Masonry Thumbnail Grid of Featured Images, including captions and excerpts.
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Health
B 79/100
Few reviews
Active installs
900+
≈910 estimated
Momentum
+57%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “paging” to your wp.org tags. You rank #22 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.
79 health vs 58 average across 25,752 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →8.6%
of downloads still active
At least 900 of 10.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 252 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
6%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.4
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 | #6 | #16 | down 1 |
| screenshot featured image | #4 | #17 | 0 |
| thumbnail grid your tag | #18 | #22 | 0 |
| auto featured image | #13 | #20 | 0 |
| featured image your tag | #24 | #23 | down 1 |
| category featured image | #14 | #22 | down 1 |
| paging | #22 | #20 | down 1 |
| featured image from title | #15 | #23 | down 3 |
| url to featured image | #14 | #24 | down 1 |
| remove featured image | #14 | #24 | down 2 |
| featured image url | #15 | #24 | 0 |
| easy featured image | #16 | #24 | down 1 |
| custom url to featured image | #16 | #24 | down 2 |
| featured image from video | #18 | #24 | down 2 |
| edit featured image | #18 | #23 | down 1 |
| categories featured images | #19 | #23 | down 1 |
| featured image custom link | #19 | #23 | down 2 |
| show featured image | #19 | #24 | down 1 |
| default featured image | #21 | #24 | down 2 |
| featured image list | #22 | #24 | down 4 |
52 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 27 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “paging” to your wp.org tags. You rank #22 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.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 282 · 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.
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 · v5.15 · 22 Feb 2026
14
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 31 days ago and the previous band took 17 months to cross, so the real count is still just over 900.
At the current install trend, crossing 1K+ in roughly 19 days.
Install history since 14 Feb 2018
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (5.15). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.1 Featured Image Pro Post Grid <= 5.14 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via page ↗2023-05-12 CVE-2023-32598 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 5.14 Patched in 5.15
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 6.2
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display a Masonry Thumbnail Grid of Featured Images, including captions and excerpts."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 9 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,466 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-01 100+ → 900+ up after 499 days in tier
- 2025-05-20 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-19 100+ → 200+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-05-14 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-13 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-12 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-11 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-10 200+ → 100+ down after 3 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 Thumbnail Grid 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
-
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Quick Featured Images 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) 40K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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