WEN Featured Image
by WEN Themes · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 6 other plugins · 6.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add featured image column in listings. Add/change/remove featured image directly from the listing page
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Health
B 78/100
no flags
Active installs
3K+
≈3.5K estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “admin” for “featured page”. “admin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “featured page” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
78 health vs 56 average across 5,898 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.6%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 65.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,191 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 221 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.9
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.5
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| remove featured image | #5 | #8 | down 2 |
| featured image column | #7 | #18 | 0 |
| add featured image | #10 | #15 | down 2 |
| featured image your tag | #13 | #16 | down 2 |
| featured | #15 | #15 | down 1 |
| edit featured image | #7 | #14 | 0 |
| featured image url | #8 | #16 | down 1 |
| url to featured image | #8 | #16 | 0 |
| featured image from title | #9 | #16 | down 1 |
| easy featured image | #10 | #19 | down 1 |
| featured page | #21 | #22 | down 4 |
| admin featured thumbnail | #16 | #19 | down 1 |
| featured admin thumbnail | #16 | #20 | down 1 |
| featured media | #20 | #22 | 0 |
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| upload your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 14 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “admin” for “featured page”. “admin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “featured page” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “featured image”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 3.1K · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
7mo ago
latest release · v2.0 · 25 Mar 2026
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 52% 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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; the previous band took 16 months to cross, which places it about 52% of the way through.
Install history since 13 Dec 2019
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.0 Fix: Load text domain Fix: missing_direct_file_access_protection Fix: WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped Compatibility tested upto WordPress 6.9 2.0
- — Version 1.5.3 Compatibility tested upto WordPress 6.5 1.5.3
- — Version 1.5.2 Compatibility tested upto WordPress 5.8 1.5.2
- — Version 1.5.1 Bug Fixed: Check for value if isset for image thumbnail url Compatibility tested upto WordPress 5.7 1.5.1
- — Version 1.5 Compatibility tested upto WordPress 5.4 1.5
- — Version 1.4 Compatibility tested upto WordPress 5.3 1.4
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add featured image column in listings. Add/change/remove featured image directly from the listing page"
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("There is something cool you could add…").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 493 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("admin", "media", "upload" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-17 4K+ → 3K+ down after 480 days in tier
- 2024-11-22 5K+ → 4K+ down after 560 days in tier
- 2023-05-12 6K+ → 5K+ down after 496 days in tier
- 2022-01-01 5K+ → 6K+ up after 137 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 2K+ → 5K+ up after 259 days in tier
- 2020-12-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 652 days in tier
- 2019-02-18 2K+ → 1K+ down after 382 days in tier
- 2018-02-01 600+ → 2K+ up after 540 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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Media Deduper 9K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags C -
All In One Favicon 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C - A Add From Server 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
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Default Featured Image 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Phoenix Media Rename 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Easy Watermark 30K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C
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