WordPress plugin comparison

Thumbnails and Featured Images vs XO Featured Image Tools

Thumbnails and Featured Images

by Stefano Lissa

900+ installs5.0

XO Featured Image Tools

by ishitaka

20K+ installs4.7

At a glance

XO Featured Image Tools has more active installs: 20K+, against 900+ for Thumbnails and Featured Images.
On a typical day, XO Featured Image Tools is downloaded about 113 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 21 reviews.
Thumbnails and Featured Images was updated more recently: Mar 26, 2026, against Nov 24, 2025 for XO Featured Image Tools.
Both are tested up to WordPress 6.9.11.
Thumbnails and Featured Images has been around longer: since 2015, against 2017 for XO Featured Image Tools.

XO Featured Image Tools leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Thumbnails and Featured Images	XO Featured Image Tools
Popular rank	#7,167	#1,083
Active installs	900+	20K+
Downloads, last 30 days	382	4.4K
Rating	5.0(6)	4.7(21)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.9.11	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.50	×0.59
Last release	7 months ago	11 months ago
Requires PHP	7.4	5.6

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