Post Thumbnail Extras
by sewpafly · Media
Make using post thumbnails easier for everyday wordpressing.
45 health vs 62 average across 1,114 Media plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 4231 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
126
now · peak 128
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-02 300+ → 200+ down after 49 days in band
- 2025-10-14 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-10-13 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-10-08 200+ → 300+ up after 70 days in band
- 2025-07-30 300+ → 200+ down after 586 days in band
- 2023-12-22 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-12-21 300+ → 400+ up after 7 days in band
- 2023-12-14 400+ → 300+ down after 381 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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Quick Featured Images 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - 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 - A Add Featured Image to RSS Feed 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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Fix Media Library 1K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Featured Image in Content 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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