WordPress plugin comparison

FetchPriority Featured Image vs Smush

FetchPriority Featured Image

by Gunjan Jaswal

300+ installs

Smush

by WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform

1M+ installs4.8

At a glance

Smush has more active installs: 1M+, against 300+ for FetchPriority Featured Image.
On a typical day, Smush is downloaded about 15,819 times, FetchPriority Featured Image about 10.
FetchPriority Featured Image has no reviews yet.
Smush was updated more recently: Nov 2, 2026, against Aug 13, 2026 for FetchPriority Featured Image.
FetchPriority Featured Image resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 88% for Smush.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Smush has been around longer: since 2008, against 2025 for FetchPriority Featured Image.

Smush leads on 5 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	FetchPriority Featured Image	Smush
Popular rank	#10,226	#66
Active installs	300+	1M+
Downloads, last 30 days	309	984.2K
Rating	No ratings	4.8(6.1K)
Support threads resolved	100%	88%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.42	×3.51
Last release	2 months ago	7 days ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.4

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