Get First Image Set As Featured Image
by Venugopal · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 190+ installs across the portfolio →
After installed this plugin automatically retrieve the first image from content and its set as featured image.
37 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, 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 3087 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
47
now · peak 77
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
8.5y ago
latest release · v1.0
1
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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2018-02-06 · 1,380 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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Mystech8.2y ago
Not upkept, doesn’t work. Don’t waste your time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ antonk90008.3y ago
WP 4.9.5 – installed & activated – nothing happens. Edit Post – nothing. Edit Post > Set Featured Image – nothing. Waste of time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zamolkses8.6y ago
Don’t install. This has been abandoned and doesn’t work. This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by zamolkses.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ vooxo9.0y ago
Plugin doesn’t work on 4.8.1, nothing is happening after activating the plugin. Also, the user interface doesn’t exist and it’s not possible to review or manage plugin’s action.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Toxic9.3y ago
Plugin works perfectly with WP 4.7.5.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ keeperbay9.3y ago
I installed it. Nothing happened. Looks like it is unsupported. Questions go unanswered in the support forum.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dorianj9.7y ago
Perhaps I’m ignorant, but if there’s an image within the post, then this plugin is supposed to assign that image as the “featured/thumbnail image”. It doesn’t.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ muzahidnrl10.0y ago
Time loss
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 90+ → 80+ down after 52 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 80+ → 90+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-07-02 90+ → 80+ down after 145 days in tier
- 2026-02-07 100+ → 90+ down after 51 days in tier
- 2025-12-18 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-17 100+ → 90+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2025-12-08 90+ → 100+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-12-02 100+ → 90+ down after 165 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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Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Hide Featured Image 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Featured Video Plus 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Hide Show Featured Image 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
RSS Featured Image 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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