WordPress plugin comparison

Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured vs Simple Image Sizes

Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured

by Ramez.bd

10+ installs3.0

Simple Image Sizes

by Nicolas Juen

60K+ installs4.6

At a glance

Simple Image Sizes has more active installs: 60K+, against 10+ for Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured.
On a typical day, Simple Image Sizes is downloaded about 224 times, Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured about 1.
Simple Image Sizes is rated higher: 4.6 out of 5 from 91 reviews, against 3.0 from 2 reviews.
Simple Image Sizes was updated more recently: Aug 17, 2026, against Oct 7, 2012 for Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured.
Simple Image Sizes is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.4.2 for Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured.
Simple Image Sizes has been around longer: since 2011, against 2012 for Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured.

Simple Image Sizes leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Automatically Set 1st Image as Featured	Simple Image Sizes
Popular rank	#33,141	#660
Active installs	10+	60K+
Downloads, last 30 days	32	7.6K
Rating	3.0(2)	4.6(91)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	3.4.2	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.04
Last release	14 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	8.0

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