Post List Featured Image
by Johnny · Uncategorized
A plugin that adds the "Featured Image" column in admin posts and pages list.
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Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
900+
≈990 estimated
Momentum
+13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “developer tools”, “featured” and “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.
50 health vs 58 average across 25,739 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.3%
of downloads still active
At least 900 of 38.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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 3863 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.5.33; the current branch is 6.8
4.7★ over 12 reviews, smoothed to 4.22★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3863 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| developer tools your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| featured your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts 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
- “developer tools”, “featured” and “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 216 · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
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
10.6y ago
latest release · v0.5.9 · 4 Apr 2016
21
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 “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago and the previous band took 2.8 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 1K.
Install history since 2 Jun 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ herculesnetwork9.5y ago
NEW-UPDATED: The plugin not working the plugin has not been working for more than 2 months, have only filtered by posts WITHOUT featured images and simply the plugin reloads the page without showing only the posts without feat.im. and the author seems to have no commitment to the project. OLD: This has saved my skin, I messed up in a mess, where an import plugin worked bad, and it pulled posts without thumbnails, I can not have posts without thumbnails, and bad thing is to remove that, and to do this has can list and Filter, would be a painful job, and that plugin completes the wordpress filters like no other! List posts only with and without featured featured image! Amazing! Thank you so much, I would have to call some action from library $wpdb; If it was not for this plugin! Thankssss. This topic was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by herculesnetwork.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Matt Rock10.3y ago
Agreed with loogaroo’s comment above. This should be a core WordPress feature. Very handy. Especially when testing themes and plugins. Thanks for your efforts!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Eric Binnion10.9y ago
I’ve been using Keyring to auto-import Instagram pictures. Recently keyring started setting featured images on the new Instagram imports, but all of the old ones didn’t have featured items :/ With this plugin, I was able to quickly set all featured images within a minute or two including install time. :hug:
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nealumphred11.6y ago
Love it! I am improving my sites by adding images to old posts (which was once seemed a daunting task). Having your plug-in ensures that I don’t miss one along the way. Plus it lively ups the post listing page. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ loogaroo11.9y ago
Nice job. Thank!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ webowner12.3y ago
Hi There, Your plugin is truly amazing. Exactly what I wanted to do – See my pictures in my Post List. When you are working with hundreds of different posts, for a News/Magazine style website – this is extremely helpful. Thank you so much! 5* for sure 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ merzakabderrahim12.5y ago
Bravo. It saves a lot of time. It should be in the core. Many thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JS Morisset12.6y ago
Very handy. Thanks for making this available. 😉 js.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (0.5.9). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 Post List Featured Image <= 0.5.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-10-09 CVE-2025-62937 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 0.5.9 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A plugin that adds the "Featured Image" column in admin posts and pages list."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 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 2 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,083 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "developer-tools" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-27 1K+ → 900+ down after 1028 days in tier
- 2023-09-03 2K+ → 1K+ down after 343 days in tier
- 2022-09-25 3K+ → 2K+ down after 678 days in tier
- 2020-11-16 4K+ → 3K+ down after 363 days in tier
- 2019-11-19 5K+ → 4K+ down after 969 days in tier
- 2017-03-25 3K+ → 5K+ up
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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Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
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 -
Essential Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Posts in Page 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
No Page Comment 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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