WordPress plugin comparison

Multiple Featured Images vs Thumbnails and Featured Images

Multiple Featured Images

by Marcus Kober

5K+ installs4.7

Thumbnails and Featured Images

by Stefano Lissa

900+ installs5.0

At a glance

Multiple Featured Images has more active installs: 5K+, against 900+ for Thumbnails and Featured Images.
On a typical day, Multiple Featured Images is downloaded about 22 times, Thumbnails and Featured Images about 15.
Thumbnails and Featured Images is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 6 reviews, against 4.7 from 28 reviews.
Thumbnails and Featured Images was updated more recently: Mar 26, 2026, against Aug 20, 2020 for Multiple Featured Images.
Thumbnails and Featured Images is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 5.5.24 for Multiple Featured Images.
Multiple Featured Images has been around longer: since 2012, against 2015 for Thumbnails and Featured Images.

Thumbnails and Featured Images leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Multiple Featured Images	Thumbnails and Featured Images
Popular rank	#3,173	#7,165
Active installs	5K+	900+
Downloads, last 30 days	568	362
Rating	4.7(28)	5.0(6)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	5.5.24	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.50
Last release	6 years ago	7 months ago
Requires PHP	5.6	7.4

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