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WP Hide Show Featured Image

by Galaxy Weblinks · Uncategorized

Also makes 32 other plugins · 25.6K+ installs across the portfolio →

The plugin provides options to hide featured images from all posts and pages.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
67 Health · C
Maintenance 57/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

67 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

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.

79 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 65/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+58% vs prior 30d
12Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

370

now · peak 5.7K

36830d downloads · Aug 26

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

WP Hide Show Feature · #3653 you Hide Featured Image · #1562 Featured Video Plus · #1979 Featured Image from · #621

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.7Stars · Aug 26

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.

92per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

1.1y ago

latest release · v2.8

10

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.8 · 1.1y ago2.7 · 1.2y ago2.6 · 1.2y ago2.5 · 1.6y ago2.4 · 1.7y ago2.2 · 2.1y ago2.3 · 2.1y ago2.1 · 2.6y ago2.0 · 3.8y ago1.0 · 3.9y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 80% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.8 80%
Older / other versions 20%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
4K–5K ≈4.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,421 observations

4KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
2.8
Last updated
1.1y ago
Added
2020-05-06 · 6 yrs old
Requires WP
4.5
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
7.4

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 2.8 – Stable Release 2.8
  2. Version 2.7 – Stable Release 2.7
  3. Version 2.6 – Stable Release 2.6
  4. Version 2.5 – Fixed minor issues 2.5
  5. Version 2.4 – Stable Release 2.4
  6. Version 2.3 – Stable Release – Compatibility with the latest WordPress version 2.3

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-08-22 3K+ → 4K+ up after 400 days in tier
  2. 2024-07-18 2K+ → 3K+ up after 54 days in tier
  3. 2024-05-25 1K+ → 2K+ up after 461 days in tier
  4. 2023-02-19 900+ → 1K+ up after 33 days in tier
  5. 2023-01-17 800+ → 900+ up after 40 days in tier
  6. 2022-12-08 700+ → 800+ up after 10 days in tier
  7. 2022-11-28 600+ → 700+ up after 25 days in tier
  8. 2022-11-03 500+ → 600+ up

Competes with

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WP Hide Show Featured Image: 4K+ active installs, 4.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-hide-show-featured-image