Best featured image plugins for WordPress

Featured Image Thumbnail Grid

Down in the last 7 days:59#10,391

by A. Jones8 months ago

Display a post Thumbnail Grid using Featured Images

RSS with Images

Down in the last 7 days:35#10,805

by Ethan Allen6 years ago

Seamlessly adds featured images to your RSS feed with customizable sizing options.

Automatic Featured Image Posts

Up in the last 7 days:25#10,806

by Jeremy Felt13 years ago

Automatic Featured Image Posts creates a new post with a Featured Image every time an image is uploaded.

Smart Post Lists Light

Up in the last 7 days:33#11,651

by OTWthemes4 years ago

Create custom post lists based on options you choose from a form in a widget. Different types of lists, blog, portfolio, services pages. No coding.

Insert Featured Image Shortcode

Down in the last 7 days:41#11,916

by Aaron Butacov13 years ago

Adds a shortcode to insert the post's featured image into the post's content.

Post Thumbnail Extras

Up in the last 7 days:59#12,132

by sewpafly12 years ago

Make using post thumbnails easier for everyday wordpressing.

Featured Link Image

Up in the last 7 days:29#12,656

by brasofilo14 years ago

Add a meta box in the Links add/edit page for easy uploading/inserting images in your bookmarks.

Auto Featured Image (Auto Generated)

Down in the last 7 days:118#12,889

by Jose Canchila (Jodacame)9 months ago

Automatically generate a featured image from the post title (Background with post title overlay) from media library. This plugins generate a featured …

Genesis Featured Video

Up in the last 7 days:43#13,077

by AMP-MODE5 years ago

Replace featured images in a Genesis theme with a featured video from YouTube, Vimeo and other sources.

Genesis Featured Image Header

Up in the last 7 days:407#13,145

by AMP-MODE2 years ago

Easily add a featured image to the header of every page on your site including Custom Post Type archive pages.

Rapls PDF Image Creator

Up in the last 7 days:279#13,266

by rapls24 days ago

Turns PDFs into images. Refuses to save a blank thumbnail, works around a Ghostscript fault that makes one, and tells you what to ask your host.

Gabfire Media Module

#13,573

by Gabfire11 years ago

Gabfire Media Module extends the functionality of WordPress Featured Image to support Videos and Default Post Images.

WP Autoset Featured Image Plus

Up in the last 7 days:45#13,768

by lucia.intelisano11 years ago

Check for an image inside text editor or use external images from anywhere as the featured image of your pages and posts.

Youtube Thumbnail as Featured Image

Down in the last 7 days:14#13,784

by soychuy7 years ago

Use a YouTube Thumbnail as a Featured Image for a WordPress Post. You only have to set a YouTue Video URL and the plugin does the rest.

Easy Featured Images

Up in the last 7 days:112#13,847

by Kostas Vrouvas7 years ago

A small plugin to add featured images in the "All Posts" page.

AI Featured Image

Down in the last 7 days:165#13,861

by Amr Issa11 days ago

AI featured images in one click, in bulk, in your content, or by asking Claude through MCP. Free with OpenAI, Stability AI and Grok; Pro adds more.

Freundschaft Default Featured Images

Up in the last 7 days:14#14,113

by Freundschaft9 months ago

Set a global default featured image and category-specific fallbacks with priority ordering.

Featured Image Notes

Down in the last 7 days:137#15,207

by drewrawitz9 years ago

This plugin allows you to add notes to your Featured Image meta box for specific post types.

Admin Featured Thumbnail

Up in the last 7 days:16#15,402

by wphigh11 years ago

Add post thumbnails to admin list of posts.

Frontier Set Featured

Up in the last 7 days:167#15,661

by finnj3 years ago

Frontier Set Featured will set featured image from images in the post if no featured image is set by the user.

Bulk-Select Featured Image

Down in the last 7 days:15#16,405

by ulfben27 days ago

Set featured images from the Media Library, one at a time or in bulk. Each selected image is assigned to the post it is attached to.

Clickable Featured Image

Up in the last 7 days:325#16,790

by Bjorn Solstad1 month ago

Make WordPress featured images clickable. Link post thumbnails to the full-size image, attachment page, or post permalink.

Filter Featured Image

Up in the last 7 days:5#17,375

by Bestony4 years ago

Filter Featured Image can help you filter you post with or without featured image.

Manage Admin Columns

Down in the last 7 days:95#17,509

by Santiago Becerra4 years ago

This plugin adds a featured image column to WordPress Dashboard. It automatically adds a column to any post type which supports a featured image.

Pretty Sidebar Categories

#18,161

by GrandSlambert20 days ago

Show posts from any taxonomy in a sidebar or Elementor, with images, excerpts, and style controls.

Feslider

#18,438

by Haris3 years ago

Image slider that act like featured image, its featured slider!

Simple Featured Image Column

Down in the last 7 days:7#18,471

by Andre Aguiar Villela7 years ago

A simple plugin that displays the "Featured Image" column in admin post type listing. Supports Post, Pages and Custom Posts.

Automatic Gallery And Featured Image Sync

Up in the last 7 days:31#18,564

by Atakan Au2 months ago

Automatically sync posts (or WooCommerce Product) and media images as featured image and gallery.

B7 Multiple Featured Images for Post

Up in the last 7 days:86#18,956

by blogvii1 year ago

Enhance your posts by adding multiple featured images with ease.

Custom Featured Image Metabox

Down in the last 7 days:802#19,010

by Yoren Chang12 years ago

Custom the title, content and set / remove link text in the Featured Image metabox.

Random Auto Featured Image

Up in the last 7 days:3#19,193

by glowrocks2 years ago

For posts/pages with no featured image, & no images associated with the entry, a random image is selected from media library & set as featured image.

Post Featured Font Icon

#19,333

by Kishores10 years ago

it supports dashicons, genericons, font-awesome.

WP Remote Thumbnail

Up in the last 7 days:30#19,677

by Nirmal Kumar Ram2 months ago

A small lightweight plugin to set external/remote images as post thumbnail/featured image.

My Templates Thumbnails for Elementor

Up in the last 7 days:51#19,795

by heinvv4 years ago

This plugin adds a thumbnail to the My Templates library in Elementor.

PEBO Free Masonry with Hover effects

Down in the last 7 days:80#19,914

by pebopro9 years ago

The PEBO Masonry is a ligth weigh widget based on Bootstrap grid system,

Code and core

Up in the last 7 days:71#20,624

by Code and core1 month ago

Take full control of your featured images with smart cropping, custom ratios, and blur-fill automation.

Drag & Drop Featured Image Improved

Up in the last 7 days:443#21,194

by wpgenie213 days ago

Drag and Drop Featured Image Improved replaces the default featured image box with a drag and drop zone for faster and more convenient uploads.

Mobile Featured Image

Down in the last 7 days:187#21,734

by ryanshoover9 years ago

Display a mobile featured image

Post Featured Image Generator

Up in the last 7 days:185#21,747

by belfisher13 years ago

Parse post content and automatically generate post featured image.

Senzastile Featured Image Fallbacks

Up in the last 7 days:10#21,891

by senzastile4 months ago

Never show a blank thumbnail again. Automatically display a default featured image, fallback image, or placeholder image for any post, page, or custom …

Featured Image Column Display

Down in the last 7 days:50#22,120

by Sawai Dheerawat7 years ago

A plugin that adds the "Featured Image" column in admin posts and pages list.

Easy Featured Image

Up in the last 7 days:83#22,126

by RPG8416 years ago

Easily edit and see featured images on your post edit screen.

Download Featured Images

Down in the last 7 days:1,024#22,135

by shaile10 years ago

Download Featured Images will allow users to download featured images.

Featured Favicons

Up in the last 7 days:219#22,537

by Claude Vedovini4 years ago

A plugin that uses the featured image in your posts as a favicon for

Augment Types

Down in the last 7 days:105#23,556

by GAFT1 year ago

Add essential functionalities to WordPress Post Types.

Latest Posts Widget

Down in the last 7 days:133#23,565

by ravidhu12 years ago

List the lastest posts from a category.

FoA Featured Image

Up in the last 7 days:51#23,676

by ivans3m1 year ago

Adds caption functionality to Featured Image blocks with a simple checkbox setting.

Media Lume

Up in the last 7 days:331#23,978

by Foysal Remon4 months ago

Free AI image generator for WordPress. Generate AI images with Flux, Ideogram, Recraft and more right inside your Media Library — no API key needed.

Really Simple Featured Image

Up in the last 7 days:860#24,577

by JetixWP Plugins1 month ago

Automatically set missing featured images from the first image or a YouTube, Vimeo or Dailymotion video in your content.

Image Generator

Up in the last 7 days:1,375#24,693

by BeautifulPlugins2 days ago

AI image generator for WordPress. Auto-create featured images, post thumbnails & post images with templates or custom AI prompts.