FetchPriority Featured Image — WordPress Image Optimization Plugin
by Gunjan Jaswal · WordPress.org page · Website
FetchPriority Featured Image has 300+ active installs on WordPress.org and 67,182 downloads all time. It was downloaded 272 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on August 13, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
FetchPriority Featured Image at a glance
Is FetchPriority Featured Image well maintained?
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)
Download and install history
400 downloads over the last 49 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.
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 | #57 by tag, not in search | #95 | ▼1 |
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
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- Version
- 1.6.0
- Last updated
- Aug 13, 2026
- First published
- Nov 3, 2025
- Requires WordPress
- 5.0
- Tested up to
- 7.1.3
- 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 October 23, 2026.
Is FetchPriority Featured Image still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 13, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
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 #95 in the WordPress.org Image Optimization Plugins ranking.