Post Thumbnail from URL
by michele.settembre · Uncategorized
Post Thumbnail From URL is a plugin to quickly import images from the web straight to your Media Library using a public URL.
47 health vs 60 average across 6,542 Uncategorized plugins
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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, well behind 6.8.
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 4021 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
51
now · peak 166
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
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
- 2026-07-13 90+ → 80+ down after 75 days in band
- 2026-04-29 100+ → 90+ down after 20 days in band
- 2026-04-09 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-07 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-06 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-04 100+ → 90+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- N Newpost Catch 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
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Get the Image 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
Thumbnail Upscale 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D -
Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Image Sizes 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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