Post Featured Image Generator
by belfisher · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 90+ installs across the portfolio →
Parse post content and automatically generate post featured image.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈48 estimated
Momentum
+45%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “featured image”, “image” and “post” 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.
47 health vs 58 average across 25,756 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 6.3K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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 12+ 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.
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 4696 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.7.41; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4696 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| post thumbmail your tag | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| featured image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “featured image”, “image” and “post” 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 64 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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 1 Nov 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.
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
12.9y ago
latest release · v1.0.0 · 23 Dec 2013
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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 50.
Install history since 25 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Dugonja9.8y ago
It just did the job for our 100 posts old blog. It would be nice if it gets updated and some bugs fixed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Holypad10.8y ago
Very good if you don’t have too much content. I have some problems in my website, I have more than 400 articles to analize but (i think) my server can’t support it. the plugin show stay blocked at 0% and don’t advance. On other websites with less content it work very great.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ VikingCC11.2y ago
I spent hours researching a plugin to achieve the simple feat of setting the first attached image of posts as the featured image. This was the only plugin of a dozen tested that worked that people weren’t trying to charge $50 for.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ funyug11.9y ago
This plugin inserts spam casino links in wordpress. Dont use it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Roman12.6y ago
Only this plugin could work with my image links that contains the zoom script. Thanks a lot!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous12.7y ago
Anyone wondering what this plugin does, here it is in simple terms: 1) This plugin automatically adds a featured image to a post during post creation (good for lazy writers); 2) This plugin will also process old posts to add a featured image to any post that does not already have featured image attached to it (good for Blogger imports). The featured image set by this plugin is taken from images attached to a post. There are settings to specify whether images are ignored due to their dimensions. Looks like the plugin will set video files as “featured images” too but I’ve not tested that feature. I used this plugin to add featured images to posts imported from Blogger (I had already brought over the images to the local server). The bulk process stalled once but clicking ‘Stop’ followed by ‘Restart’ got it going again. The plugin’s settings are found under Dashboard > Media Library. I’m a satisfied customer 🙂 Mr Developer, feel free to use my review as the plugin description if you want to do so.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Parse post content and automatically generate post featured image."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions YouTube.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 191 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "post thumbmail" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 50+ → 40+ down after 47 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 40+ → 50+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 50+ → 40+ down after 43 days in tier
- 2026-05-29 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 50+ → 40+ down after 106 days in tier
- 2026-02-11 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-09 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-06 60+ → 50+ down after 169 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★ · 2 shared tags A - M Multiple Post Thumbnails 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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Hide Featured Image 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Hide Show Featured Image 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
WEN Featured Image 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B - R Require Featured Image 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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