RSS with Images
by Ethan Allen · Content & Feeds
Also makes 1 other plugin · 310+ installs across the portfolio →
Seamlessly adds featured images to your RSS feed with customizable sizing options.
43 health vs 60 average across 779 Content & Feeds plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.21.
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 2228 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
83
now · peak 119
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
6.1y ago
latest release · v1.4.0
6
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-06-01 · 1,385 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. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ firan6.6y ago
It’s very-very good job!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ comunicacionabierta9.4y ago
It´s great to be able to have the RSS with images, but also to be able to configure for Mailchimp so your newsletters looks awesome. Also a great support from @endifmedia !
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ konus7710.6y ago
While I think it is OK to inform the user once, I don’t like, that the Dasboard Notification “Want more features? Upgrade to RSS with Images Premium ” can’t be dismissed. If I click on the cross to close the information, I comes back after every reload of the page. I reported this as bug already two month ago and I am annoyed now.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Scott Bowler10.8y ago
Had to leave my first ever rating for a WordPress plugin because I felt the current 3/5 star rating was extremely unfair. I’ve used this plugin on a production site for over a year (to integrate with Mailchimp RSS campaigns) and it’s worked flawlessly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ PXMstaff10.9y ago
After some tweaking in the code to remove the image size limitations and pairing it up with the AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild plugin, this little plugin works great for our custom Mailchimp feed! I also vote for the ability to have larger images since many RSS fed newsletters are 600px wide. Some clients do prefer a larger featured image option. Our tweak works, but then we have to remember to “fix” the plugin when we run an update.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ norsecorporation10.9y ago
This page contains the following errors: error on line 197 at column 25: Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding ! Bytes: 0x03 0x43 0x6F 0x72 I tried changing settings, no fix 🙁
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Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-29 400+ → 300+ down after 278 days in tier
- 2025-08-24 500+ → 400+ down after 104 days in tier
- 2025-05-12 600+ → 500+ down after 122 days in tier
- 2025-01-10 700+ → 600+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-01-06 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-01-04 700+ → 600+ down after 40 days in tier
- 2024-11-25 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-11-24 700+ → 800+ up after 1 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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Featured Image in RSS Feed by MailerLite 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C - M MB ImageChimp RSS Feed Enhancer 700+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
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RSS Chimp – Add Featured Images to WP RSS Feeds (Mailchimp, Google News, Feedly) 400+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Quick Featured Images 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Send Images to RSS 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D
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