WordPress plugin comparison

Custom Featured Image Metabox vs Featured Image from URL (FIFU)

Custom Featured Image Metabox

by Yoren Chang

60+ installs

Featured Image from URL (FIFU)

by fifu.app

60K+ installs4.6

At a glance

Featured Image from URL (FIFU) has more active installs: 60K+, against 60+ for Custom Featured Image Metabox.
On a typical day, Featured Image from URL (FIFU) is downloaded about 648 times, Custom Featured Image Metabox about 4.
Custom Featured Image Metabox has no reviews yet.
Featured Image from URL (FIFU) was updated more recently: Nov 6, 2026, against Jan 1, 2015 for Custom Featured Image Metabox.
Featured Image from URL (FIFU) is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.2, against 4.1.42 for Custom Featured Image Metabox.
Custom Featured Image Metabox has been around longer: since 2014, against 2015 for Featured Image from URL (FIFU).

Featured Image from URL (FIFU) leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Custom Featured Image Metabox	Featured Image from URL (FIFU)
Popular rank	#19,090	#620
Active installs	60+	60K+
Downloads, last 30 days	85	38.7K
Rating	No ratings	4.6(264)
Support threads resolved	–	75%
Tested up to	4.1.42	7.2
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.52
Last release	12 years ago	5 days ago
Requires PHP	–	8.1

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