WordPress plugin comparison

Category Featured Images Extended vs Featured Image Add in Admin Column

Category Featured Images Extended

by CK MacLeod

400+ installs4.4

Featured Image Add in Admin Column

by Yasar Khalifa

Fewer than 10 installs5.0

At a glance

Category Featured Images Extended has more active installs: 400+, against fewer than 10 for Featured Image Add in Admin Column.
On a typical day, Category Featured Images Extended is downloaded about 6 times, Featured Image Add in Admin Column about 2.
Featured Image Add in Admin Column is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 4 reviews, against 4.4 from 7 reviews.
Featured Image Add in Admin Column was updated more recently: Mar 25, 2026, against Sep 7, 2017 for Category Featured Images Extended.
Featured Image Add in Admin Column is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 4.8.34 for Category Featured Images Extended.
Category Featured Images Extended has been around longer: since 2016, against 2021 for Featured Image Add in Admin Column.

Featured Image Add in Admin Column leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Category Featured Images Extended	Featured Image Add in Admin Column
Popular rank	#9,740	#69,252
Active installs	400+	Fewer than 10
Downloads, last 30 days	93	44
Rating	4.4(7)	5.0(4)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	4.8.34	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.06
Last release	9 years ago	7 months ago
Requires PHP	5.6	7.0

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.