WordPress plugin comparison

Default Featured Image vs WDES User Upload Restriction

Default Featured Image

by Jan-Willem

50K+ installs4.8

WDES User Upload Restriction

by Anthony Carbon

10+ installs5.0

At a glance

Default Featured Image has more active installs: 50K+, against 10+ for WDES User Upload Restriction.
On a typical day, Default Featured Image is downloaded about 208 times, WDES User Upload Restriction about 1.
WDES User Upload Restriction is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 69 reviews.
Default Featured Image was updated more recently: Jun 17, 2026, against Jun 1, 2019 for WDES User Upload Restriction.
Default Featured Image is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.5.33 for WDES User Upload Restriction.
Default Featured Image has been around longer: since 2012, against 2016 for WDES User Upload Restriction.

Default Featured Image leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Default Featured Image	WDES User Upload Restriction
Popular rank	#705	#36,481
Active installs	50K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	5.7K	22
Rating	4.8(69)	5.0(1)
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	4.5.33
Search multiplier	×1.04	×0.00
Last release	4 months ago	7 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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