Feed Post Thumbnail
by required · Content & Feeds
Also makes 3 other plugins · 12.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds MRSS namespace to the feed and uses post-thumbnail as media element in the feed. Settings available under Settings -> Reading.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
+47%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “featured image” and “feed” for “post thumbnail” and “xml feed”. “featured image” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “post thumbnail” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “feed” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “xml feed” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 64 average across 1,195 Content & Feeds plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.3%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 23.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 864 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Content & Feeds 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 39 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ 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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
16%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mrss your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| post thumbnail | #5 | #23 | down 2 |
| thumbnail your tag | #12 | #21 | down 3 |
| rss feed your tag | #18 | #22 | 0 |
| the post thumbnail | #7 | #23 | 0 |
| feed to post | #14 | #24 | down 6 |
| featured thumbnail | #13 | #24 | down 5 |
| xml feed | #24 | #24 | down 2 |
| rss feed error | #14 | #23 | down 2 |
| feed rss | #17 | #23 | 0 |
| wordpress rss feed | #20 | #24 | 0 |
| rss post | #23 | #24 | down 1 |
| featured image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| feed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
30 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 18 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 “featured image” and “feed” for “post thumbnail” and “xml feed”. “featured image” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “post thumbnail” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “feed” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “xml feed” sits at #24 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 “thumbnail”. #12 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 1.1K · 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
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
4mo ago
latest release · v3.0.0 · 17 Jul 2026
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 26 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 2K.
Install history since 1 Oct 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Clicknathan10.0y ago
Tried refreshing permalinks, saving settings on the General settings page you’ve added the two checkboxes to, nothing makes a difference. No post thumbnail in the feeds… Update! And then it started working! I’m guessing this may have had something to do with either my hosting’s caching or possibly even just my own browser cache. Works like a dream, thank you! This topic was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by Clicknathan. Reason: Updated to reflect how very wrong I was
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- 2023-03-27 Version 3.0.0 Enhancement: Add setting to disable adding Media RSS namespace. Fixed: Prevent errors when unchecking all settings. Changed: Requires at least PHP 7.4 and WordPress 6.0. 3.0.0
- 2019-03-11 Version 2.1.2 Enhancement: Minor code improvements. Enhancement: New filter wp_feed_post_thumbnail_images to list multiple images Changed: minimum PHP version 5.4 & minimum WP version 4.7 For previous updates see Changelog.md . 2.1.2
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 2 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
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds MRSS namespace to the feed and uses post-thumbnail as media element in the feed. Settings available un..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 375 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "featured image" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-06 2K+ → 1K+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-09-28 1K+ → 2K+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-09-23 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1159 days in tier
- 2023-07-22 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1417 days in tier
- 2019-09-04 900+ → 1K+ up after 139 days in tier
- 2019-04-18 500+ → 900+ up after 654 days in tier
- 2017-07-03 400+ → 500+ up after 72 days in tier
- 2017-04-22 300+ → 400+ up after 129 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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Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
XO Featured Image Tools 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Manual Image Crop 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B - E Easy Add Thumbnail 7K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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