WordPress plugin comparison
Enhanced Responsive Images vs Require Featured Image
Enhanced Responsive Images
by WordPress Performance Team
40K+ installs
Require Featured Image
by pressupinc
3K+ installs3.9
At a glance
- Enhanced Responsive Images has more active installs: 40K+, against 3K+ for Require Featured Image.
- On a typical day, Enhanced Responsive Images is downloaded about 394 times, Require Featured Image about 19.
- Enhanced Responsive Images has no reviews yet.
- Enhanced Responsive Images was updated more recently: Aug 26, 2026, against Dec 17, 2019 for Require Featured Image.
- Enhanced Responsive Images is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.3.27 for Require Featured Image.
- Require Featured Image has been around longer: since 2013, against 2024 for Enhanced Responsive Images.
Line by line
Enhanced Responsive Images leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Enhanced Responsive Images | Require Featured Image |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #784 | #3,913 |
| Active installs | 40K+ | 3K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 9.9K | 353 |
| Rating | No ratings | 3.9(16) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 5.3.27 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.73 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 2 months ago | 6 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | – |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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