WordPress plugin comparison

Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured vs Image Prioritizer

Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured

by Ramez.bd

10+ installs3.0

Image Prioritizer

by WordPress Performance Team

40K+ installs5.0

At a glance

Image Prioritizer has more active installs: 40K+, against 10+ for Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured.
On a typical day, Image Prioritizer is downloaded about 365 times, Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured about 1.
Image Prioritizer is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 3.0 from 2 reviews.
Image Prioritizer was updated more recently: Aug 26, 2026, against Oct 7, 2012 for Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured.
Image Prioritizer is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.4.2 for Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured.
Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured has been around longer: since 2012, against 2024 for Image Prioritizer.

Image Prioritizer leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured	Image Prioritizer
Popular rank	#33,141	#824
Active installs	10+	40K+
Downloads, last 30 days	32	8.8K
Rating	3.0(2)	5.0(1)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	3.4.2	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.21
Last release	14 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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