WordPress plugin comparison

Default Featured Image vs Spinnaker Dialog Lightboxes

Default Featured Image

by Jan-Willem

50K+ installs4.8

Spinnaker Dialog Lightboxes

by seamonsterdeneb

Fewer than 10 installs5.0

At a glance

Default Featured Image has more active installs: 50K+, against fewer than 10 for Spinnaker Dialog Lightboxes.
On a typical day, Default Featured Image is downloaded about 208 times, Spinnaker Dialog Lightboxes about 6.
Spinnaker Dialog Lightboxes is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 69 reviews.
Spinnaker Dialog Lightboxes was updated more recently: Aug 14, 2026, against Jun 17, 2026 for Default Featured Image.
Spinnaker Dialog Lightboxes is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 7.0.8 for Default Featured Image.
Default Featured Image has been around longer: since 2012, against 2026 for Spinnaker Dialog Lightboxes.

Default Featured Image leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Default Featured Image	Spinnaker Dialog Lightboxes
Popular rank	#705	#63,857
Active installs	50K+	Fewer than 10
Downloads, last 30 days	5.9K	150
Rating	4.8(69)	5.0(1)
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×1.04	×0.07
Last release	4 months ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.4

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