REST API Featured Image
by uri · Performance
Also makes 18 other plugins · 1.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Enhance your WordPress REST API by adding a featured image URL field directly to API responses, improving performance by eliminating extra requests.
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Health
C 64/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
600+
≈690 estimated
Momentum
+46%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “api performance”, “featured image” and “featured image url” 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.
64 health vs 69 average across 1,808 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.7%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 10.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,103 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Performance plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 451 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 451 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| wp rest api featured image | #9 | #24 | up 2 |
| api performance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| featured image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| featured image url your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rest api your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress rest api your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search 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
- “api performance”, “featured image” and “featured image url” 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 533 · 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
1.2y ago
latest release · v0.9.2 · 6 Aug 2025
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 78% 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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 41 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 700.
Install history since 7 Dec 2021
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions REST API.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,430 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "api performance" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-20 700+ → 600+ down after 238 days in tier
- 2026-01-25 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-24 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-23 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-21 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-20 800+ → 700+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2026-01-09 700+ → 800+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-07 800+ → 700+ down after 36 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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WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable REST API 80K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D -
Make Connector 70K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
JWT Authentication for WP REST API 60K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B
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