Force Featured Image
by Jonathan Bardo · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 4 other plugins · 500+ installs across the portfolio →
Ever wanted to force a user to publish a post with a featured image of a certain dimension? Search no more.
41 health vs 54 average across 3,792 Admin & Utilities 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, 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 4206 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 · 1,428 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
56
now · peak 147
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
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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-10 · 1,384 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-14 20+ → 10+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2025-06-28 10+ → 20+ up after 131 days in tier
- 2025-02-17 20+ → 10+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2025-01-29 30+ → 20+ down after 35 days in tier
- 2024-12-25 20+ → 30+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2024-12-09 30+ → 20+ down after 444 days in tier
- 2023-09-22 40+ → 30+ down after 85 days in tier
- 2023-06-29 30+ → 40+ up after 1 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).
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Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
WEN Featured Image 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
All In One Favicon 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D - M Multiple Post Thumbnails 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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Hide Featured Image 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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