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Featured Image · Version history

Featured Image changelog and version history

Latest version
2.2
Nov 8, 2025 (1 year ago)
Releases
3
since 2014
In the last year
0
Tested up to
WordPress 6.8.12

Releases each year

  • 20142 releases
  • 20251 release

20251 release

  1. Featured Image 2.2Latest

    • Security: Fixed Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in image alt text and URLs (CVE-2025-12019)
    • Security: Added proper output escaping using esc_url() and esc_attr()
    • Security: Added wp_kses_post() sanitization for caption output
    • Fixed: Added missing global $post declaration in caption function
    • Fixed: Improved error handling in caption function
    • Improved: Code formatting and WordPress coding standards compliance

20142 releases

  1. Featured Image 2.0

    • Added Featured Image Caption
    • Added Alt Text for images
    • Fixed Bugs
    • Added Featured Image Caption
    • Fixed Bugs

  2. Featured Image 1.0

    • First release.= 2.2 =
    • Security: Fixed Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in image metadata (CVE-2025-12019)
    • Security: Added esc_url() for image URLs
    • Security: Added esc_attr() for alt text attributes
    • Security: Added wp_kses_post() for caption sanitization
    • Fixed: Missing global $post declaration in getting_featured_img_caption()
    • Fixed: Improved error handling to prevent PHP warnings
    • Improved: Code refactored to use sprintf() for better readability
    • Improved: WordPress coding standards compliance
    • Shortcode was created
    • Code inside loop of the template
    • Widget was created

Questions about Featured Image’s releases

What is the latest version of Featured Image?

2.2, released on Nov 8, 2025 (1 year ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 6.8.12.

How often is Featured Image updated?

It had no release in the last year; the latest came out 1 year ago. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from April 2014.

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