Best automatic-featured-image plugins for WordPress
The most popular automatic-featured-image plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Automatic Featured Images from Videos leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of Auto Featured Image from Title (900+) and Smart Featured Image (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “automatic-featured-image” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 automatic-featured-image plugins
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Automatic Featured Images from VideosThe most installed automatic-featured-image plugin, with 6K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 36 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
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Auto Featured Image from Title900+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 11 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Smart Featured Image10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
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Defaultify Featured ImageFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 4 plugins tagged “automatic-featured-image”
Automatic Featured Images from Videos
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,683by webdevstudios3 months ago
If a YouTube or Vimeo video embed exists near the start of a post, we'll automatically set the post's featured image to a thumbnail of the video.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.6(36)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Auto Featured Image from Title
Down in the last 7 days:47#6,978by Chris Huff1 year ago
Automatically generates an image from the post title of a new or updated post and sets it as the featured image.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.5(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Smart Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:220#33,022by GrottoPress9 years ago
Automagically add featured image to posts using images inserted into post content, if no featured image is explicitly added to post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Defaultify Featured Image
Up in the last 7 days:7,396#55,344by navneetkrkashyap1 year ago
Set a default featured image for posts, pages, and custom post types with an option to enable or disable automatic application.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day