Best featured image plugins for WordPress
232 plugins tagged “featured image” on WordPress.org, in its popular order and updated daily. Research this niche or see all plugins.

Featured Image Creator AI
Down in the last 7 days:685#43,648by Gunjan Jaswal12 days ago
Auto-generate AI featured images with OpenAI, Gemini or Stability AI: styles, text/logo overlays, variations, auto alt text and social sizes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 15/day
Markup to Featured Image
#43,920by One Crayon14 years ago
Automatically set the featured image (formerly the post thumbnail) for a post based on custom markup in the body text.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AI Featured Image Generator for Posts
Up in the last 7 days:3,262#44,092by Muhammad Burhan Sultan1 year ago
Automatically generate AI featured images for your WordPress posts based on the title and content, Powered by Together API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Featured Image on Top
Down in the last 7 days:89#44,240by Derrick Tennant14 years ago
Tired of having to move your "Featured Images" metabox to the top? I've got a fix for that!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Multisite Featured Image
#45,982by Igor Benic9 years ago
Multisite Featured Image changes the box of the featured image so that you can use the classic Media Uploader also with Network Shared Media.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Unclickable Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:362#46,304by zggz7 years ago
A WordPress plugin that forces all featured images to NOT be links
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Inspectlet Websites HeadMap
Down in the last 7 days:3,288#46,318by David Garcia12 years ago
This plugins allows us to add the script code from Inspectlet Free Plan
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Thumbnail Generator
#46,403by netfox it solutions1 year ago
Automatically generate a featured image with post title text when no thumbnail is set. Updates image on post update.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Featured Image Checker
#46,515by spgandhi11 years ago
Check if Featured Image has been set or not.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

DD Attachments
Down in the last 7 days:6,038#46,764by Mosterd3d8 years ago
Just another DD plugin. DD-attachments is the UI-friendly replacement of the default 'featured image' metabox.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WooCommerce Better Feeds
Down in the last 7 days:6,814#46,872by elsteno11 years ago
This plugin adds featured image and price to your rss feeds
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CC-Featured-Image-Column
Down in the last 7 days:1,277#47,013by Clearcode8 years ago
This plugin adds a column with post's featured image before the title column on wp-admin posts list.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

RG Responsive Gallery
#47,379by WP-EXPERTS.IN5 years ago
Add a simple and light weighted image gallery. Featured image slider
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Born Creative Featured Image Setter
Down in the last 7 days:3,111#47,558by jonathansblog3 years ago
Quickly set the featured image for all posts which dont have one
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Atom Featured Image
#47,628by Henning Stummer5 months ago
WordPress Plugin to add an <icon> tag with the post's featured image to the atom feed.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
List Custom Post with featured image
#48,510by Vikas Sharma2 months ago
Show any post type as a responsive gallery of featured images and titles, with pagination, anywhere via shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AC Simple Post Widget
Down in the last 7 days:5,604#48,531by aaron_carmen11 years ago
Provide both widgets and shortcode to help you display your post on your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

jharm AI Featured Image
Up in the last 7 days:6,506#48,821by jharm5 months ago
Generate featured images for your posts using AI. Bring your own API key. Lightweight, focused, no bloat.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ZubFeat AI Featured Image
Up in the last 7 days:18,764#50,172by Md. Zubaer Ahammed11 days ago
Generate a featured image from your post title or title plus excerpt. Use your own OpenAI or OpenRouter key; falls back to a non-AI branded template.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Multiple Images Field
Up in the last 7 days:20,910#50,223by Delight Star Inc.3 years ago
Add a field for setting multiple images to posts screen.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Neutrope Quick Export
Up in the last 7 days:20,079#50,974by Neutrope Inc.2 months ago
Export posts, pages, and public custom post types to a UTF-8 CSV, including featured image info. Lightweight, no tracking, no external requests.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DZS AI Featured Image Generator
#51,443by digitalzoomstudio5 months ago
Automatically identify posts lacking featured images and generate context-aware images on demand using OpenAI or Google Gemini.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Picment AI Featured Image Generator
Up in the last 7 days:12,165#52,611by baracksokullu6 months ago
Auto-generate stunning AI featured images with OpenAI DALL-E 3 or fal.ai Flux Pro. Bulk generation, per-post control, BYOK mode, and subscription plan …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
RB Thumbnail Columns
Up in the last 7 days:11,621#52,660by Bashir Rased3 months ago
Adds a thumbnail (featured image) column to your WordPress admin post list screen.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Everything Accordion
#52,711by Mostafa Shahiri6 years ago
The Everything Accordion is a simple widget that shows wordpress widgets, posts and pages in an pretty accordion.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Info HNews AI Image
Up in the last 7 days:8,565#52,751by InfoHnews11 months ago
Generate high-quality featured images for your posts using the power of free Artificial Intelligence.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Default Image Assistant
#53,447by Xiangxu10 months ago
A lightweight tool that lets you assign default featured images for any post type using a simple media selector.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Post Slider Tool
Up in the last 7 days:9,843#53,901by primisdigital1 year ago
A flexible slider plugin to create multiple sliders with featured videos or images, custom settings, and shortcode support.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Feed Image Easy
#54,333by Ademir Diniz6 years ago
Plugin to insert an image on Wordpress XML feed. You need only install it and have fun.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Term Featured Image Fallback
Up in the last 7 days:14,436#54,541by Eduardo Lazaro9 years ago
Enables featured images for terms of any category, tag or custom taxonomy and set them as fallback for posts of any post type.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Quick Update Featured Image
Up in the last 7 days:14,688#55,173by CMITEXPERTS SOFTECH LLP8 years ago
Adds ability to make available payment method according IP address.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- 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
Lazy Blogger's AI Image Generator
#56,086by tubm1 year ago
Automatically generate featured images for your posts using OpenAI's DALL-E API.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Clipwave Video & Image Maker
#56,190by clipwave1 month ago
Generate AI images and videos from a short brief with your Clipwave account and add them to the Media Library or set them as featured image.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Kwik AI
Up in the last 7 days:11,144#56,200by draggable1 month ago
Auto-tag posts, generate descriptions and excerpts, and create AI featured images. Works with Ollama, OpenRouter, OpenAI, and FAL.AI.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

ThumbGenie AI
#57,088by msnisha5 months ago
AI-powered featured image generator for WordPress posts. Automatically create stunning featured images based on your post content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jooosi Social Image
#57,387by suasgn24 days ago
Design dynamic Open Graph and featured images visually in WordPress and keep them in sync with your content automatically.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tiny Default Thumbnail
Up in the last 7 days:12,609#58,040by Vincent Dubroeucq5 years ago
Allows you to add a default featured image to posts. Just add a default image in your customizer settings !
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SEARCHEN Discover Readiness
#58,862by searchennetworks1 month ago
A lightweight Google Discover readiness helper for WordPress publishers.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ImageFeaty
#59,035by Md. Rakibul Islam4 months ago
Automatically generate beautiful, branded blog covers and social images (Featured, Open Graph, Twitter, LinkedIn) from your post content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Additional Featured Images and Media Uploader Anywhere
Up in the last 7 days:10,153#60,463by metawebdevelopment6 years ago
Add additional featured images to any post type and display using either a built in image gallery/slideshow shortcode or by using a single image short …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CS Require featured image to publish posts
Down in the last 7 days:10,803#61,930by Chetan Satasiya4 years ago
This plugin will add the restriction to publish post without featured image.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PlusExpert Easy Post
Up in the last 7 days:4,902#64,660by plusexpert2 months ago
Create and manage posts simply, with support for featured images, PDF attachments, and recovery of deleted posts via integrated trash.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Featured Image from External Sources
#64,807by DADOK - Global Internet Solutions6 years ago
Fastest way to choose Featured Image to your Posts from Yahoo Images, Seznam.cz, etc..
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pixalia Image Assistant
Down in the last 7 days:10,530#65,112by pixalia7 months ago
Pixalia Image Assistant manages featured images and generates high-quality AI images directly within WordPress using the Pixalia API.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Gif Controller
Up in the last 7 days:6,671#65,262by Mostafa Shahiri8 years ago
The GIF Controller is a simple and lightweight plugin for playing and stopping the GIF images.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PB Text and Images Placeholder Fallback Suite
#65,830by pluginsbuy3 months ago
Fallback images, dynamic text placeholders, initials avatars, brand colours, and image-health tools for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Eliptum Cover Image Optimizer
Down in the last 7 days:14,716#65,939by eliptum5 months ago
Zero-server overhead client-side optimization toolkit for featured images, social media layouts, and advanced filters.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Images Visibility Control
Down in the last 7 days:16,490#66,345by Anis1 year ago
Hide or show featured and content images across your site easily. Configure it via Settings > Images Visibility Control.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PixelByline
Up in the last 7 days:4,809#66,634by tomislo2 months ago
Automatically creates on-brand, optimized featured images from WordPress post content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day