Featured Link Image
by brasofilo · Media
Add a meta box in the Links add/edit page for easy uploading/inserting images in your bookmarks.
47 health vs 61 average across 1,242 Media plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4936 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
32
now · peak 2.7K
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-11-28 300+ → 200+ down after 530 days in band
- 2023-06-17 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-06-16 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in band
- 2023-06-12 400+ → 300+ down after 7 days in band
- 2023-06-05 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-06-04 400+ → 300+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Quick Featured Images 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - M Multiple Post Thumbnails 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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WEN Featured Image 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
My Eyes Are Up Here 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D - F Featured Image 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/featured-link-image" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Featured Link Image — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Featured Link Image: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/featured-link-image