JMS Rss Feed
by James · Content & Feeds
Also makes 1 other plugin · 10+ installs across the portfolio →
Add the featured image tag in your posts RSS feed. For standard RSS feed XML, there is no image tag definition. This plugin will show the post featur …
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Health
D 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
-38%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “add featured image”, “add featured image to rss” and “featured image” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
42 health vs 64 average across 1,193 Content & Feeds plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 2.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 863 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Content & Feeds plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 4.9.0, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3138 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.0; the current branch is 6.8
1.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3138 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| add featured image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| add featured image to rss your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| featured image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| feed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post thumbnail your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “add featured image”, “add featured image to rss” and “featured image” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 168 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 70% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Frédéric Malo10.8y ago
Hello, The description is not correct. This plugin sends notifications, and downloaders are not informed : “This plugin only does one task, adding your posts’ featured image to the RSS feed in tag. It will show your full size featured image url in the tag.” Here is the source code of version 3.0 <?php /* Plugin Name: JMS Rss Feed Plugin URI: http://www.jmsliu.com/products/jms-rss-feed Description: Adds the featured image tag <jms-featured-image> to your posts to the RSS feed. Author: James Liu Version: 3.0 Author URI: http://jmsliu.com/ */ global $jms_rss_db_version; $jms_rss_db_version = ‘1.0’; add_action(‘rss2_item’, ‘add_jms_img_rss_node’); add_action( ‘publish_post’, ‘send_push_notification’, 10, 2 ); //work together add_filter(‘query_vars’, ‘add_jms_single_post_var’); add_action(‘parse_request’, ‘return_jms_single_post’); //install database register_activation_hook( __FILE__, ‘install_jms’ ); function add_jms_img_rss_node() { global $post; if(has_post_thumbnail($post->ID)) { $thumbnail = wp_get_attachment_image_src(get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID), “full”); echo “<jms-featured-image>”.$thumbnail[0].”</jms-featured-image>”; } } function add_jms_single_post_var($vars) { $vars[] = ‘jms_rss_post_url’; $vars[] = ‘jms_rss_action’; $vars[] = ‘jms_rss_token’; $vars[] = ‘jms_rss_send’; return $vars; } function send_push_notification($ID, $post) { global $wpdb; $table_name = $wpdb->prefix . ‘jms_rss_android_listener’; $devicesList = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT * FROM $table_name WHERE state=1”, “ARRAY_A”); $wpdb->flush(); if ( $devicesList ) { define(“GOOGLE_API_KEY”, “AIzaSyDYVTahqUmT4RX6brZnReUr6Rq2KNEUv90”); $deviceList = array(); foreach ( $devicesList as $device ) { $token = $device[“device_token”]; if(strlen($token) > 10) { $deviceList[] = $token; } } //$author = $post->post_author; //Post author ID //$name = get_the_author_meta( ‘display_name’, $author ); //$email = get_the_author_meta( ‘user_email’, $author ); $title = $post->post_title; //$permalink = get_permalink( $ID ); //$edit = get_edit_post_link( $ID, ” ); //$subject = sprintf( ‘Published: %s’, $title ); $message = sprintf (‘The article “%s” has been published.’, $title); //$message .= sprintf( ‘View: %s’, $permalink ); sendNotification($deviceList, $message); } } function return_jms_single_post($wp) { global $wpdb; //this is for test if(array_key_exists(‘jms_rss_send’, $wp->query_vars)) { $action = $wp->query_vars[‘jms_rss_send’]; if($action == ‘1’) { $table_name = $wpdb->prefix . ‘jms_rss_android_listener’; $devicesList = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT * FROM $table_name WHERE state=1”, “ARRAY_A”); $wpdb->flush(); if ( $devicesList ) { define(“GOOGLE_API_KEY”, “AIzaSyDYVTahqUmT4RX6brZnReUr6Rq2KNEUv90”); $deviceList = array(); foreach ( $devicesList as $device ) { $token = $device[“device_token”]; if(strlen($token) > 10) { $deviceList[] = $token; } } sendNotification($deviceList, “Hello World!”); } } exit; } if (array_key_exists(‘jms_rss_action’, $wp->query_vars)) { $action = $wp->query_vars[‘jms_rss_action’]; if(!empty($action)) { if($action == “register_android”) { $token = $wp->query_vars[‘jms_rss_token’]; $table_name = $wpdb->prefix . ‘jms_rss_android_listener’; $wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( “ INSERT INTO $table_name ( device_token, state, reg_date ) VALUES ( %s, %d, %s ) “, array( $token, 1, current_time(‘mysql’, 1) ) ) ); echo $wpdb->insert_id; exit; } } } if (array_key_exists(‘jms_rss_post_url’, $wp->query_vars)) { //for old usage only $url = $wp->query_vars[‘jms_rss_post_url’]; $postid = url_to_postid( $url ); $post = get_post($postid); //print_r($post); echo $post->post_content; exit; } } function install_jms() { global $jms_rss_db_version; global $wpdb; $installed_ver = get_option( “jms_rss_db_version”, null ); if ( $installed_ver == null ) { $table_name = $wpdb->prefix . “jms_rss_android_listener”; $charset_collate = $wpdb->get_charset_collate(); $sql = “CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS $table_name ( id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT , device_token VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL , state TINYINT NOT NULL COMMENT ‘0 disabled\n1 enabled’ , reg_date DATETIME NOT NULL , PRIMARY KEY (id), UNIQUE INDEX id_UNIQUE (id ASC) , UNIQUE INDEX device_token_UNIQUE (device_token ASC) ) ENGINE = INNODB $charset_collate;”; require_once( ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php’ ); dbDelta( $sql ); add_option( “jms_rss_db_version”, $jms_rss_db_version ); } } function sendNotification($registrationIDs, $message) { //$registrationIDs = array( “reg id1″,”reg id2”); $url = ‘https://gcm-http.googleapis.com/gcm/send’; $fields = array( ‘registration_ids’ => $registrationIDs, ‘data’ => array( “message” => $message ), ); $headers = array( ‘Authorization: key=’ . GOOGLE_API_KEY, ‘Content-Type: application/json’ ); // Open connection $ch = curl_init(); // Set the URL, number of POST vars, POST data curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, true); curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers); curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); //curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode( $fields)); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false); // curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true); // curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode( $fields)); // Execute post $result = curl_exec($ch); // Close connection curl_close($ch); echo $result; //print_r($result); //var_dump($result); } ?>
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Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 24 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add the featured image tag in your posts RSS feed. For standard RSS feed XML, there is no image tag definit..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 6 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 154 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("add featured image", "add featured image to rss", "post thumbnail" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-15 20+ → 10+ down after 151 days in tier
- 2026-02-14 30+ → 20+ down after 585 days in tier
- 2024-07-09 40+ → 30+ down
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).
- A Add Featured Image to RSS Feed 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 5 shared tags B
- F Featured Image Admin Thumb 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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Multiple Featured Images 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
Feed Post Thumbnail 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Featured Image in RSS Feed by MailerLite 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
SB RSS feed plus 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/jms-rss-feed" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="JMS Rss Feed — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> JMS Rss Feed: 10+ active installs, 1.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/jms-rss-feed
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