69
Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More
It delivers the images you need while shouting about its premium version.
HealthyGrowing
69/100
It successfully adds images to RSS feeds despite the constant and annoying admin upselling.
Active installs
~39,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.3★
113 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+8%
Growing
71 → 77 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +8% in the last year
71/day a year ago→77/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayFeatured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More is generally well-regarded as a simple, effective solution for adding featured images to RSS feeds, but is undermined by persistent in-admin upsell notices and questions about whether the free version delivers meaningful functionality.
What people like
- +Reliably adds featured images to RSS feeds where WordPress does not do so by default×7
- +Easy to configure with minimal setup required×3
- +Allows selection of featured image size and optional post link
- +Responsive and patient developer support
- +Works for Google News image display, not just email marketing
- +Free to use, noted as valuable for cost-sensitive users such as nonprofits
Common complaints
- −Persistent, intrusive admin-area advertising/upsell notices that reappear after being dismissed×3
- −Free version reported as too limited or non-functional by some users, with one claiming it does nothing without payment×2
- −Reported to add a nofollow attribute to post URLs, potentially harming SEO
- −Premium activation process is unreliable, with caching conflicts causing persistent issues
- −Plugin update cadence raised concerns about ongoing maintenance
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.09★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.30★
- 13%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 113 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-02-12★★★★★Excellent image RSS Feedgeoffreym
- 2025-11-07★★★★★Easy to use and works wellnancy.hildebrandt
- 2025-11-07★★★★★Customer for life – excellent supportrobertverwaal1-shot
- 2025-11-07★★★★★Great pluginSabrina Quairoli
- 2025-11-07★★★★★Simple, Works Well and Great Support !mister_russ
- 2025-06-24★★★★★Works very well. Solid support, as well.brucehenderson
- 2024-11-18★★★★★Works with MailchimpEagleeye1000
- 2024-10-09★★★★★cautionaeroflap
- 2024-01-01★★★★★Annoying addMarie-Aude
- 2023-10-26★★★★★Superb Plugingirirajnet
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
74
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
78
Prior 7-day baseline
75
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
6,078
Mean release-day peak (30d)
609
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-5.1%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.20
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
71%
5★ share in analyzed sample
13%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-80%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.11 → 4.09★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered