WordPress plugin comparison
Awesome Watermark vs Default Featured Image
At a glance
- Default Featured Image has more active installs: 50K+, against 10+ for Awesome Watermark.
- On a typical day, Default Featured Image is downloaded about 208 times, Awesome Watermark about 1.
- Default Featured Image is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 69 reviews, against 3.4 from 5 reviews.
- Default Featured Image was updated more recently: Jun 17, 2026, against Jun 28, 2015 for Awesome Watermark.
- Default Featured Image is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.2.39 for Awesome Watermark.
- Default Featured Image has been around longer: since 2012, against 2015 for Awesome Watermark.
Line by line
Default Featured Image leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Awesome Watermark |  Default Featured Image |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #28,781 | #705 |
| Active installs | 10+ | 50K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 17 | 5.9K |
| Rating | 3.4(5) | 4.8(69) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 0% |
| Tested up to | 4.2.39 | 7.0.8 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×1.04 |
| Last release | 11 years ago | 4 months 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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