WP Autoset Featured Image Plus
by lucia.intelisano · Uncategorized
Also makes 5 other plugins · 150+ installs across the portfolio →
Check for an image inside text editor or use external images from anywhere as the featured image of your pages and posts.
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+22%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “external”, “featured” and “featured image” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 18.1K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, well behind 7.1.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4080 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.2.39; the current branch is 7.1
3.7★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4080 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| external your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| featured your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| featured image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| featured images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| url your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “external”, “featured” and “featured image” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 93 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
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
11.2y ago
latest release · v3.0 · 2 Sep 2015
17
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 54% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous8.4y ago
Plugin is not supported and it is no longer working with latest WP.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ motmot19.7y ago
Dosnt work for me, no settings to play with
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ john smith10.9y ago
Very nice! Does what it’s supposed to, and does it WELL! It will modify the 1st image’s CODE and set it as the featured image, but most importantly WITHOUT RESIZING it in any way! Unlike the WordPress built-in featured image mechanism, when using it, it will add a RESIZED version of the image you’re trying to set, making it all ugly and deformed. This plugin leaves the image as it is, and simply marks it as featured on the CODE LEVEL. This is the way it should be! Very well executed! Bravo to the developer! Honestly WordPress should incorporate this plugin in their next release. This plugin is everything the built in “featured image” feature in WordPress ISN’T but SHOULD BE!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thehits11.2y ago
The plugin is awesome and the developer is awesome! Excellent customer support, and the plugin does what it says it does.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jibril8411.3y ago
I have a website based on the feeds of other blogs, this plugin is very helpful to save time in publishing many posts.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ albpower11.3y ago
I was pesimistic at first but the plugin does all the dirty work perfectly without too much efforts
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 31 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 No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 255 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "featured images" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-19 200+ → 100+ down after 42 days in tier
- 2026-04-07 100+ → 200+ up after 32 days in tier
- 2026-03-06 200+ → 100+ down after 474 days in tier
- 2024-11-17 300+ → 200+ down after 427 days in tier
- 2023-09-17 400+ → 300+ down after 268 days in tier
- 2022-12-23 500+ → 400+ down after 217 days in tier
- 2022-05-20 600+ → 500+ down after 170 days in tier
- 2021-12-01 700+ → 600+ down after 279 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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External URL Featured Image 300+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags D - E Easy Featured Images 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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Quick Featured Images 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
YITH WooCommerce Featured Video 3K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Auto Featured Image from Title 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C
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