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Default Featured Image · Version history

Default Featured Image changelog and version history

Latest version
1.8.2
Jun 17, 2026 (4 months ago)
Releases
22
since 2012
In the last year
1
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20121 release
  • 20131 release
  • 20143 releases
  • 20162 releases
  • 20171 release
  • 20203 releases
  • 20211 release
  • 20222 releases
  • 20231 release
  • 20244 releases
  • 20252 releases
  • 20261 release

20261 release

  1. Default Featured Image 1.8.2Latest

    • Fixed typo in uninstall script.

20252 releases

  1. Default Featured Image 1.8.1

    • Small refactor, no code or feature changes.
    • Removed wp.org assets from plugin zip.

  2. Default Featured Image 1.8.0

    • Expose the DFI option via the rest API.

20244 releases

  1. Default Featured Image 1.7.3

    • PHP 7.4 and WP 6.2 are now required. This is to use the new WP_HTML_Tag_Processor functions.
    • Fixed a bug where classes were overridden.

  2. Default Featured Image 1.7.4-beta

  3. Default Featured Image blueprint

  4. Default Featured Image BP2

20231 release

  1. Default Featured Image 1.7.2.1

    • Development is now done in git.

20222 releases

  1. Default Featured Image 1.7.2

    • Added extra context to a translation as suggested by Alex Lion

  2. Default Featured Image 1.7.1

    • Fixed weird SVN deployment bug.

20211 release

  1. Default Featured Image 1.6.4

    • get_post_meta($post_id) without specifying the meta_key didn’t find the DFI. It will now even use an even deeper level and set it in the core cache.

20203 releases

  1. Default Featured Image 1.6.3

    • Fixed plugin header which blocked installing it.

  2. Default Featured Image 1.6.2

    • Plugin now follows WP coding standard
    • Fixed a small bug where DFI overrides attachments featured images. mp3 has a music note by default, DFI should not override that.

  3. Default Featured Image 1.6.1

    • Small readme.txt update.

20171 release

  1. Default Featured Image 1.6

    • On of the last fixes didn’t account for all situations.

20162 releases

  1. Default Featured Image 1.5

    • Fixed two small (and rare) warnings
    • Added translation domain

  2. Default Featured Image 1.4

    • Added plugin images both the plugin header as the thumbnail. Based on the boat WP.org uses in it’s theme previews
    • Fixed a bug where the ajax calls didn’t return the DFI forum thread

20143 releases

  1. Default Featured Image 1.3

    • Filter dfi_thumbnail_id now also returns the post ID of the post (or any postype) that is being called. See the FAQ for new examples

  2. Default Featured Image 1.2

    • Filter dfi_thumbnail_id is now called in an earlier stage.

  3. Default Featured Image 1.1

    • Fixed inheriting classes of the image

20131 release

  1. Default Featured Image 1.0

    • Plugin will now remove it’s setting on plugin removal
    • added a default class to the <img> tag, if it shows a default featured image
    • The default featured image will now also return with get_post_thumbnail_id, making the chance that it fail far far smaller.
    • The image given in the media page is now validated

20121 release

  1. Default Featured Image 0.9

    • Launch

Questions about Default Featured Image’s releases

What is the latest version of Default Featured Image?

1.8.2, released on Jun 17, 2026 (4 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Default Featured Image updated?

One release in the last year. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from December 2012.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Default Featured Image’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.