Term Featured Image Fallback
by Eduardo Lazaro · Uncategorized
Enables featured images for terms of any category, tag or custom taxonomy and set them as fallback for posts of any post type.
41 health vs 55 average across 15,518 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.33, 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 3364 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
45
now · peak 172
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
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “—”. 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 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
XO Featured Image Tools 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Term Management Tools 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Taxonomy Images 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Manual Image Crop 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B - E Easy Add Thumbnail 7K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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