Use the Attachment Image!
by Tom Lany · Uncategorized
Allows the first attachment image associated with a post to be used in different locations throughout a blog.
46 health vs 62 average across 4,918 Uncategorized 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.15.
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 1925 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
17
now · peak 72
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,361 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-04-30 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-04-28 20+ → 30+ up after 7 days in band
- 2025-04-21 30+ → 20+ down after 21 days in band
- 2025-03-31 20+ → 30+ up after 7 days in band
- 2025-03-24 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-23 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-22 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-21 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Kama Thumbnail 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Get the Image 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Thumbnail Upscale 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
Taxonomy Thumbnail 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
RSS Featured Image 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
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