Get First Image Set As Featured Image
by Venugopal · Uncategorized
After installed this plugin automatically retrieve the first image from content and its set as featured image.
37 health vs 57 average across 8,740 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 4.9.29, 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 3042 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
26
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
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 “90+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 80+ → 90+ up after 8 days in band
- 2026-07-02 90+ → 80+ down after 145 days in band
- 2026-02-07 100+ → 90+ down after 51 days in band
- 2025-12-18 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-17 100+ → 90+ down after 9 days in band
- 2025-12-08 90+ → 100+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-12-02 100+ → 90+ down after 165 days in band
- 2025-06-20 90+ → 100+ up after 7 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 70K+ 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 C
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