SNY Auto Featured Image
by Sanny Srivastava · Media
SNY Auto Featured Image automatically sets featured images from content, external URLs, or defaults. Bulk preview & apply for existing posts.
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Health
A 85/100
no flags
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+84%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “bulk thumbnail” and “video thumbnail” for “overwrite” and “featured images”. “bulk thumbnail” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “overwrite” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “video thumbnail” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “featured images” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 62 average across 3,280 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 51.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,319 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media 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 4 releases 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 23 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 12 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ 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.
52
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
46%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| auto featured image your tag | #2 | #6 | up 1 |
| first image your tag | #19 | #22 | up 3 |
| featured image your tag | #19 | #20 | up 1 |
| smart featured image | #7 | #19 | down 2 |
| overwrite | #12 | #19 | up 2 |
| featured video | #14 | #21 | up 1 |
| featured | #21 | #22 | up 2 |
| featured images | #20 | #21 | up 4 |
| external featured image | #9 | #20 | down 2 |
| external link to featured image | #9 | #22 | up 2 |
| multiple featured image | #9 | #18 | 0 |
| external featured images | #9 | #20 | 0 |
| featured image column | #10 | #20 | 0 |
| categories featured images | #10 | #19 | 0 |
| category featured image | #10 | #18 | up 1 |
| multiple featured images | #10 | #19 | up 2 |
| custom url to featured image | #10 | #21 | 0 |
| url to featured image | #10 | #20 | 0 |
| featured image url | #11 | #20 | up 2 |
| default featured image | #12 | #20 | up 1 |
| bulk thumbnail your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video thumbnail your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
68 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 27 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “bulk thumbnail” and “video thumbnail” for “overwrite” and “featured images”. “bulk thumbnail” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “overwrite” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “video thumbnail” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “featured images” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.7K · 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
23d ago
latest release · v2.1.1 · 9 Oct 2026
13
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 12 Sep 2015
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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
6 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, YouTube, Vimeo.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,194 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "bulk thumbnail" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-23 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-22 1K+ → 2K+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2026-02-24 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-23 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-21 2K+ → 1K+ down after 84 days in tier
- 2025-11-29 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1152 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2393 days in tier
- 2016-03-16 1K+ → 2K+ up
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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Really Simple Featured Image: Automatic Featured Images 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) 40K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
XO Featured Image Tools 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Setup Default Featured Image 400+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
AI Featured Image 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Smart Auto Featured Image – Featured Image Automation 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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