WordPress plugin comparison

Insert Featured Image Shortcode vs Image Placeholders

Insert Featured Image Shortcode

by Aaron Butacov

200+ installs5.0

Image Placeholders

by WordPress Performance Team

60K+ installs3.5

At a glance

Image Placeholders has more active installs: 60K+, against 200+ for Insert Featured Image Shortcode.
On a typical day, Image Placeholders is downloaded about 541 times, Insert Featured Image Shortcode about 5.
Insert Featured Image Shortcode is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 3.5 from 2 reviews.
Image Placeholders was updated more recently: Aug 26, 2026, against Oct 18, 2013 for Insert Featured Image Shortcode.
Image Placeholders is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.6.1 for Insert Featured Image Shortcode.
Insert Featured Image Shortcode has been around longer: since 2010, against 2023 for Image Placeholders.

Image Placeholders leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Insert Featured Image Shortcode	Image Placeholders
Popular rank	#11,930	#665
Active installs	200+	60K+
Downloads, last 30 days	91	13.5K
Rating	5.0(1)	3.5(2)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	3.6.1	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.91
Last release	13 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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