WordPress plugin comparison
Default Featured Image vs Gallery Widget
At a glance
- Default Featured Image has more active installs: 50K+, against 400+ for Gallery Widget.
- On a typical day, Default Featured Image is downloaded about 208 times, Gallery Widget about 7.
- Default Featured Image is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 69 reviews, against 4.0 from 2 reviews.
- Default Featured Image was updated more recently: Jun 17, 2026, against Mar 18, 2011 for Gallery Widget.
- Default Featured Image is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.1.0 for Gallery Widget.
- Gallery Widget has been around longer: since 2008, against 2012 for Default Featured Image.
Line by line
Default Featured Image leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Default Featured Image |  Gallery Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #705 | #9,428 |
| Active installs | 50K+ | 400+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 5.9K | 148 |
| Rating | 4.8(69) | 4.0(2) |
| Support threads resolved | 0% | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 3.1.0 |
| Search multiplier | ×1.04 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 4 months ago | 15 years 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.
Tags they share
More comparisons
- Default Featured Image vs Replace Image
- Default Featured Image vs Nav Menu Images
- Default Featured Image vs Menu Image, Icons made easy
- Default Featured Image vs Image Widget
- Gallery Widget vs Image Widget
- Gallery Widget vs Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
- Gallery Widget vs Phoenix Media Rename
- Gallery Widget vs Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block
Is one of these yours?
Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.
Start free