RSS Image Feed
by tepelstreel · Content & Feeds
Also makes 9 other plugins · 2.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
The RSS Image Feed adds the first image of a post to your feeds, even in firefox and even if you only display the excerpt.
45 health vs 60 average across 779 Content & Feeds 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 8+ 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.
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 3196 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
177
now · peak 296
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
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
10.4y ago
latest release · v4.2.5
23
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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-17 · 1,427 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Elizabeth Richardson9.6y ago
OMGoodness. How easy is this to configure the image sizes in the RSS feeds so they are relative across all browsers. Thank you so much for making it easy.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ senfgurke9.6y ago
thank you for this Plugin, please continue to maintain this plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ f1mktsol10.1y ago
Works flawlessly, thanks for the great plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Niki Pink10.2y ago
i like this plugin. i can show my wordpress posts on joomla by this plugins (with rss option). Big Thanks Admin <3
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ applenosol11.1y ago
If you have Maindomain.com Seconddomain.com Work on seconddomain.com but broke maindomain.com with no feed or empty feed 🙁
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Pippin Williamson11.5y ago
Did exactly what I needed it to do.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ twtull11.6y ago
Works exactly as it says. This is a great way to pull post images and featured images into the rss. Very useful with automated marketing with MailChimp. Would give it a 5 Star if the plugin allowed for re-sizing the featured image giving flexibility when using with MailChimp rss-to-email campaigns. Thanks you for a simple light weight plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nobleworkshop11.7y ago
This works perfectly.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 4.2.5 added some debug options to the frame work some minor bugfixes 4.2.5
- — Version 4.2.4 made downwards compatible with versions prior to WP 4.4 again some minor bugfixes 4.2.4
- — Version 4.2.3 added tag to the feed as well 4.2.3
- — Version 4.2.2 Updated framework 4.2.2
- — Version 4.2.1 Bug in Regex fixed 4.2.1
- — Version 4.2 WP 4.3 ready 4.2
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 128 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 104 more locales with partial translations.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-02 3K+ → 2K+ down after 481 days in tier
- 2024-08-08 4K+ → 3K+ down after 422 days in tier
- 2023-06-13 5K+ → 4K+ down
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).
- A Advanced Excerpt 80K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
RSS for Yandex Turbo 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C -
RSS Includes Pages 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - F FeedWordPress 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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