WordPress plugin comparison

Featured Image from External Sources vs Simple Image Sizes

Featured Image from External Sources

by DADOK - Global Internet Solutions

Fewer than 10 installs5.0

Simple Image Sizes

by Nicolas Juen

60K+ installs4.6

At a glance

Simple Image Sizes has more active installs: 60K+, against fewer than 10 for Featured Image from External Sources.
On a typical day, Simple Image Sizes is downloaded about 233 times, Featured Image from External Sources about 2.
Featured Image from External Sources is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.6 from 91 reviews.
Simple Image Sizes was updated more recently: Aug 17, 2026, against Jan 30, 2020 for Featured Image from External Sources.
Simple Image Sizes is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.3.27 for Featured Image from External Sources.
Simple Image Sizes has been around longer: since 2011, against 2020 for Featured Image from External Sources.

Simple Image Sizes leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Featured Image from External Sources	Simple Image Sizes
Popular rank	#64,807	#660
Active installs	Fewer than 10	60K+
Downloads, last 30 days	36	7.7K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.6(91)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	5.3.27	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.04
Last release	6 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	8.0

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