Featured Image in RSS Feed by MailerLite
by MailerLite · Content & Feeds
Also makes 2 other plugins · 131K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin automatically adds featured images of your posts into the RSS feed.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.8K estimated
Momentum
-11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “feed” for “featured images”. “feed” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “featured images” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 64 average across 1,202 Content & Feeds plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.5%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 28.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 867 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 22 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
-0.5
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mailerlite your tag | #3 | #24 | up 1 |
| rss feed your tag | #7 | #20 | 0 |
| rss your tag | #10 | #22 | down 1 |
| featured images in rss | #4 | #20 | down 1 |
| add featured image to rss | #5 | #21 | down 1 |
| rss images | #6 | #19 | up 2 |
| rss image | #7 | #19 | up 1 |
| featured image your tag | #21 | #24 | down 1 |
| feed rss | #8 | #20 | down 1 |
| featured | #22 | #24 | down 1 |
| wordpress rss feed | #9 | #20 | down 2 |
| featured images | #23 | #24 | up 1 |
| multiple featured image | #10 | #24 | down 2 |
| multiple featured images | #11 | #24 | down 1 |
| rss post | #11 | #20 | 0 |
| rss plugin | #12 | #23 | down 1 |
| add featured image | #14 | #24 | 0 |
| feed image | #17 | #24 | down 2 |
| image feed | #17 | #24 | — |
| featured image size | #17 | #24 | 0 |
| feed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “feed” for “featured images”. “feed” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “featured images” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.9K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
22d ago
latest release · v1.0.10 · 12 Oct 2026
11
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago and the previous band took 24 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 2K.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Mel Taylor1.7y ago
Looking forward to an update for this plug-in. Image not showing up in mailer lite
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more
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.
Share of voice
How often each assistant names Featured Image in RSS Feed by MailerLite when asked about this topic, where it comes in the answer, and how that compares with its wp.org search position. Latest run 1 Nov 2026.
- Assistants
- ChatGPT, Claude
- Topics tracked
- RSS feeds
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This plugin automatically adds featured images of your posts into the RSS feed."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 239 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "mailerlite" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-17 2K+ → 1K+ down after 722 days in tier
- 2024-05-25 3K+ → 2K+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2024-05-20 4K+ → 3K+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2024-05-01 5K+ → 4K+ down after 227 days in tier
- 2023-09-17 6K+ → 5K+ down after 48 days in tier
- 2023-07-31 7K+ → 6K+ down after 168 days in tier
- 2023-02-13 8K+ → 7K+ down after 33 days in tier
- 2023-01-11 9K+ → 8K+ down after 55 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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Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Feed Post Thumbnail 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B - M MB ImageChimp RSS Feed Enhancer 700+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
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RSS Feed Pro 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
RSS with Images 300+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D -
Better RSS Feeds 100+ installs · 3.3★ · 3 shared tags F
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