Youtube Thumbnail as Featured Image
by soychuy · Content & Feeds
Use a YouTube Thumbnail as a Featured Image for a WordPress Post. You only have to set a YouTue Video URL and the plugin does the rest.
44 health vs 60 average across 778 Content & Feeds plugins
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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.23, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2497 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
102
now · peak 180
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
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.
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2020-11-19 · 1,384 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ venteens5.8y ago
Even “This plugin has not been tested with your current version of WordPress v. 5.5.3” It works like a charm. Please Update!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ricardodm6.3y ago
Made all images disappear from posts. This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by ricardodm.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ diegoigr6.4y ago
Just insert the youtube video URL and done!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ VizFactimus Maximus6.6y ago
It just works! If you’re looking for a trust worthy plugin that just works, try this out. I’ve only had a problem with it once and it was on a site with tons of plugins. This plugin saves me tons of time of sites I build for recording artist and other business that like to use their videos for blog post. Thanks for making this plug-in.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.1
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-30 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-29 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-28 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-26 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-12-23 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-21 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-20 200+ → 100+ down after 528 days in tier
- 2024-07-10 300+ → 200+ down after 414 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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Quick Featured Images 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Post Thumbnail Extras 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Remote Media Libraries 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D - F Featured Link Image 200+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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