WordPress plugin comparison

Setup Default Featured Image vs Thumbnail Before Content

Setup Default Featured Image

by theme funda

400+ installs

Thumbnail Before Content

by Adam Ainsworth

10+ installs

At a glance

Setup Default Featured Image has more active installs: 400+, against 10+ for Thumbnail Before Content.
On a typical day, Setup Default Featured Image is downloaded about 8 times, Thumbnail Before Content about 1.
Setup Default Featured Image was updated more recently: Jul 19, 2026, against Oct 26, 2021 for Thumbnail Before Content.
Setup Default Featured Image is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 5.8.19 for Thumbnail Before Content.
Thumbnail Before Content has been around longer: since 2015, against 2022 for Setup Default Featured Image.

Setup Default Featured Image leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Setup Default Featured Image	Thumbnail Before Content
Popular rank	#9,732	#34,380
Active installs	400+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	218	36
Rating	No ratings	No ratings
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	5.8.19
Search multiplier	×0.38	×0.00
Last release	3 months ago	5 years ago
Requires PHP	5.6	–

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