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FetchPriority Featured Image — WordPress Image Optimization Plugin

by Gunjan Jaswal · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.6.0 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.4+

FetchPriority Featured Image has 300+ active installs on WordPress.org and 66,793 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 13, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

FetchPriority Featured Image at a glance

Active installs
300+
Total downloads
66,793
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is FetchPriority Featured Image well maintained?

Support threads resolved
1 of 1
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Self-learning LCP detection from real-user field data (PerformanceObserver beacon), aggregated per template
  • Visual click-to-pick LCP element on the front end (admin-bar → “Pick LCP element”)
  • Core Web Vitals before/after report via the Chrome UX Report (CrUX) API
  • Dashboard widget — run the Core Web Vitals report and PageSpeed audit straight from the WordPress dashboard
  • One-click PageSpeed Insights (Lighthouse) audit from the admin, showing the score, LCP, page weight, image-saving opportunities, and Google’s own detected LCP…
  • Oversized-LCP detection — warns when your hero image is larger than it displays, with a recommended width
  • Slowest-templates leaderboard built from real-user LCP timing
  • loading="eager" on the LCP image and loading="lazy" below the fold so native lazy-loading never delays the hero
  • Preloads + prioritizes the measured LCP, including CSS background-image, video poster, and <picture> heroes
  • Text-LCP web-font preload — when the largest element is a heading or paragraph, learns the web font it used (self-hosted or Google Fonts) and preloads it
  • Cross-origin CDN preconnect — opens an early connection to the exact host serving your hero image or font, with a dns-prefetch fallback
  • WooCommerce — prioritizes the main image in the single-product gallery (shop and product-category pages are covered by the archive rules)

Where FetchPriority Featured Image ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that FetchPriority Featured Image appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Image Optimization Plugins #58 by tag, not in search #94 –

Details

Measures your real LCP element from visitors and auto-applies fetchpriority + preload. Visual picker and Core Web Vitals report.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings FetchPriority Featured Image competes in

Tags

  • core web vitals
  • fetchpriority
  • image optimization
  • lcp
  • performance

More from Gunjan Jaswal

Version
1.6.0
Last updated
Aug 13, 2026
First published
Nov 3, 2025
Requires WordPress
5.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

FetchPriority Featured Image FAQ

What does FetchPriority Featured Image do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, FetchPriority Featured Image offers Self-learning LCP detection from real-user field data (PerformanceObserver beacon), aggregated per template, Visual click-to-pick LCP element on the front end (admin-bar → “Pick LCP element”), Core Web Vitals before/after report via the Chrome UX Report (CrUX) API, Dashboard widget — run the Core Web Vitals report and PageSpeed audit straight from the WordPress dashboard and One-click PageSpeed Insights (Lighthouse) audit from the admin, showing the score, LCP, page weight, image-saving opportunities, and Google’s own detected LCP.

How many active installs does FetchPriority Featured Image have?

WordPress.org reports 300+ active installs for FetchPriority Featured Image as of September 7, 2026.

Is FetchPriority Featured Image still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 13, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Does FetchPriority Featured Image have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 1 of 1 recent support threads for FetchPriority Featured Image are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is FetchPriority Featured Image free?

FetchPriority Featured Image is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does FetchPriority Featured Image rank among Image Optimization Plugins?

FetchPriority Featured Image is #94 in the WordPress.org Image Optimization Plugins ranking.