Wp-Thumbie – Related Posts with thumbnails for WordPress
by blogsdna · Uncategorized
Show user defined number of related / similar posts with thumbnail image
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Health
F 39/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈78 estimated
Momentum
+0%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “related posts”, “similar posts” and “thumbnail related posts” 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 →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 67.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,782 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5316 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.3.2; the current branch is 7.1
1.0★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 3.9★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5316 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| related posts with thumbails your tag | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| thumbails | #11 | #14 | 0 |
| related posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| similar posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| thumbnail related posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| thumbnails your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “related posts”, “similar posts” and “thumbnail related posts” 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 385 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
14.6y ago
latest release · v0.1.9 · 14 Apr 2012
6
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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 80.
Install history since 11 Feb 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ singhalavi12.6y ago
It is very slow, i used it for my website. I tested using pingdom tool here are the results of with or without Wp Thumbie plugin installed With WP THUMBIE Page load time: 5.79seconds Wait time(server response time): 3.49 seconds Without WP THUMBIE Page Load time: 3.00 Seconds Wait time: 686 milli seconds its clearly very fast while not using WP Thumbie. To confirm i used P3 profiler, WP Thumbie was taking 51% of the time, there is a 50% increase in speed after deactivating the plugin. Moreover, i was not really using the plugin, it was just installed and active.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ matt adams12.8y ago
Works, but really kills performance with 3x the mySQL DB queries per page load. Our site went from .5 second load time to over 15 second load time with this one plugin. Shut it back off and speeds returned. There are many other better options that are more up to date than this one.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ TomFakler13.8y ago
Installed and tried but no thumbnails showed up.
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
7 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 "Show user defined number of related / similar posts with thumbnail image"
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use it", "if you have").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,274 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "related posts with thumbails", "thumbnails" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-31 80+ → 70+ down after 140 days in tier
- 2026-06-13 90+ → 80+ down after 175 days in tier
- 2025-12-20 100+ → 90+ down after 1107 days in tier
- 2022-12-09 200+ → 100+ down after 66 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 300+ → 200+ down after 576 days in tier
- 2021-03-07 2K+ → 300+ down
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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YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
Contextual Related Posts 50K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Related Posts by Taxonomy 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Related Posts By PickPlugins 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Internal Linking of Related Contents 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced Related Posts 300+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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