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Media Focus Point

The Media Focus Point Plugin ensures the key area of an image or video stays visible, regardless of resizing or layout changes.

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Source Evidence

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mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
Using focus point in template

Using focus point in template: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Using focus point in template Hey I’ve just installed this plugin and it seems to be exactly what I’m looking for.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.7
Weird bug when setting focus point for Featured Image or ACF Image fields

A focus-point save action closed media dialogs or refreshed the editor when used with featured images and ACF image fields until the user supplied a code fix.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
it just closes the entire featured image window and never sets the featured image
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.66
.close.button CSS style interferes with default WP CSS

.close.button CSS style interferes with default WP CSS: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
We just pushed a new update to our plugin in which all our classes and corresponding selectors have been properly prefixed to address this issue.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.48
Focus point selector overlay goes underneath media toolbar

The focus point modal appeared behind the media toolbar, hiding the Save button, and a plugin update fixed the issue.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
The modal that appears is behind the .media-toolbar element, which means I can’t see or click the Save button
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.44
Found bug: Focus point picker overlay appears below the media toolbar

The focus point overlay blocked the media toolbar controls for large images, preventing access to Save or Cancel until a plugin update fixed it.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
This prevents us from accessing the Save or Cancel options.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.44
Does the job perfectly!

Does the job perfectly!: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Does the job perfectly!
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.38
Perfect✅✅✅

Perfect✅✅✅: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Perfect✅✅✅ Does what it says Does what it says
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.38
Does what it says!

Does what it says!: users praise easy, reliable, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Just started trying this out on two client sites and it works great.
mixed support · low severity · relevance 0.57
Do you have integration with elementor?

Do you have integration with elementor?: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Do you have integration with elementor?
complaint support · low severity · relevance 0.5
The focus point isn’t added to the Block Editor

Focus points apply on the frontend but are not reflected in the core image block editor preview.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
the image in the media library has a focus point set on the person’s face, but this isn’t reflected in the block editor preview.

Competitor Context

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Simple Full Screen Background Image weak incumbent · intel 78.0 · weakness 68.6
weak incumbent
stale update history 18 collected complaint signal(s) support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check image publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Background Per Page praise owner · intel 74.5 · weakness 65.2
praise owner
stale update history 19 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect background image layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
WP Night Mode praise owner · intel 73.8 · weakness 64.6
praise owner
stale update history 19 collected complaint signal(s) support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect dark layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Easy Fullscreen Slider praise owner · intel 71.7 · weakness 62.5
praise owner
stale update history 15 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect slider layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Advanced WordPress Backgrounds weak incumbent · intel 70.7 · weakness 55.2
weak incumbent
2 unresolved support thread(s) 12 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
WP Updates Settings praise owner · intel 66.5 · weakness 52.9
praise owner
stale update history 5 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: monitor updates health, updates, cache state, cron jobs, and maintenance exceptions
Envoke Supersized praise owner · intel 65.2 · weakness 51.6
praise owner
stale update history 5 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check gallery publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Jellyfish backdrop praise owner · intel 64.5 · weakness 51.0
praise owner
stale update history 5 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check gallery publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live

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Collected Signals

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complaint The focus point isn’t added to the Block Editor support · 2026-03-12T14:15:03+00:00 · low severity · background

Focus points apply on the frontend but are not reflected in the core image block editor preview.

Evidence: the image in the media library has a focus point set on the person’s face, but this isn’t reflected in the block editor preview.
bugs compatibility block editor preview agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
praise Great plugin to use with Gumlet (5 stars) review · 2026-02-10T09:16:19+00:00 · low severity · background

The reviewer uses Media Focus Point with Gumlet and says support fixed a reported bug the next day.

Evidence: I raised 1 bug and sorted within the next day.
support quality image focal point agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
complaint Weird bug when setting focus point for Featured Image or ACF Image fields support · 2025-11-07T18:10:32+00:00 · medium severity · background

A focus-point save action closed media dialogs or refreshed the editor when used with featured images and ACF image fields until the user supplied a code fix.

Evidence: it just closes the entire featured image window and never sets the featured image
bugs compatibility support media focus saving agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
praise Easy to use (5 stars) review · 2025-10-14T05:38:15+00:00 · low severity · background

The reviewer praises support for understanding issues and resolving them in the latest updates.

Evidence: they understood the issues clearly and resolved them with the latest updates
support media focus updates agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
complaint Focus point settings appear on random page support · 2025-10-08T02:45:25+00:00 · low severity · background

Media Focus Point controls appeared on unrelated admin pages such as Gravity Forms settings, and the vendor released an update to address it.

Evidence: the “click on the media to set focus point” options appear on pages that it should not
bugs compatibility focus point settings agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
praise Simple, slick and does the job (5 stars) review · 2025-10-01T14:30:46+00:00 · low severity · background

The reviewer praises the focus point feature for applying automatically and seamlessly wherever images are used.

Evidence: Focus point is automatically used wherever the image is used on the site
quality image focus point agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
complaint Found bug: Focus point picker overlay appears below the media toolbar support · 2025-10-01T06:49:53+00:00 · medium severity · background

The focus point overlay blocked the media toolbar controls for large images, preventing access to Save or Cancel until a plugin update fixed it.

Evidence: This prevents us from accessing the Save or Cancel options.
bugs focus point picker agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
mixed Focus point selector overlay goes underneath media toolbar support · 2025-09-30T14:52:44+00:00 · medium severity · background

The focus point modal appeared behind the media toolbar, hiding the Save button, and a plugin update fixed the issue.

Evidence: The modal that appears is behind the .media-toolbar element, which means I can’t see or click the Save button
bugs quality focus point modal agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
praise This should be a core functionality +1 (5 stars) review · 2025-09-08T15:50:26+00:00 · low severity · background

The reviewer gives brief praise that Media Focus Point is useful enough to belong in WordPress core.

Evidence: This should be a core functionality +1
quality media focus point agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
mixed This should be a core functionality (5 stars) review · 2025-09-08T08:11:17+00:00 · low severity · background

The reviewer likes the focus-point plugin but says setting focus on very wide images requires trial and error, which the vendor then improved in an update.

Evidence: Only with very wide images, setting the focus point is not optimal.
bugs quality wide image focus agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
praise Does what it says! (5 stars) review · 2025-06-12T13:45:49+00:00 · medium severity · background

Does what it says!: users praise easy, reliable, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Just started trying this out on two client sites and it works great.
easy reliable quality agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
mixed .close.button CSS style interferes with default WP CSS support · 2025-06-06T00:42:52+00:00 · medium severity · background

.close.button CSS style interferes with default WP CSS: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: We just pushed a new update to our plugin in which all our classes and corresponding selectors have been properly prefixed to address this issue.
bugs quality agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
mixed Do you have integration with elementor? support · 2025-05-31T18:10:57+00:00 · low severity · background

Do you have integration with elementor?: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Do you have integration with elementor?
compatibility missing feature reliable elementor agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
praise Perfect✅✅✅ (5 stars) review · 2025-04-18T20:46:24+00:00 · medium severity · background

Perfect✅✅✅: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Perfect✅✅✅ Does what it says Does what it says
quality agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
mixed Using focus point in template support · 2025-02-07T13:04:04+00:00 · medium severity · background

Using focus point in template: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Using focus point in template Hey I’ve just installed this plugin and it seems to be exactly what I’m looking for.
bugs missing feature support setup agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
praise Does the job perfectly! (5 stars) review · 2025-01-03T13:04:07+00:00 · medium severity · background

Does the job perfectly!: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Does the job perfectly!
missing feature easy quality agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures