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.

OGImg Covers
Up in the last 7 days:5,220#66,846by Alextoday
Beautiful covers for posts, pages and social media: generated from the post title, 35 styles with light and dark themes, og:image and twitter:image se …
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- <10
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- 0/day

Featured Image Extended
Down in the last 7 days:2,204#67,077by Enrico Sorcinelli8 years ago
Feature Image Extended extends featured image builtin functionality.
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- <10
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- –
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- 0/day

Infography Auto Featured Image
#67,116by Infography7 months ago
Automatically generates infographics for blog posts using the Infography.in API and sets them as featured images.
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- <10
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- –
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- 0/day

Orshot
#67,325by Orshot6 months ago
Auto-generate featured images and Open Graph images from Orshot templates. Includes a Gutenberg block for inline renders.
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- <10
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- –
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- 0/day
ogCover Generator
#67,430by pavelzotikov6 months ago
Automatically generate Open Graph images for WordPress posts and pages via ogCover API.
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- <10
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- –
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- 0/day

GenPost Thumbnails
#68,156by MrGhozzi2 months ago
Generate smart, contextual AI featured images for your WordPress posts automatically or on-demand using Pollinations.ai.
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- <10
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- 0/day

Kailash Recent Post Pages
#68,171by Kailash Chand1 year ago
A plugin to display recent posts in a customizable grid with options for featured image, read more links, and number of columns.
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- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
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- 0/day

Featured Image Add in Admin Column
Down in the last 7 days:20,586#69,252by Yasar Khalifa7 months ago
Show featured image thumbnails in the admin list for posts, pages & custom post types. Choose which post types to support.
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- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
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- 0/day

Coverpeek
Down in the last 7 days:1,511#69,626by rcwas1 month ago
Automatically creates a title-text thumbnail and sets it as the featured image for posts that don't have one — with a live preview.
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- <10
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- –
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- 0/day

ImagePilot Featured Images
Down in the last 7 days:6,719#69,639by Chintan Soni4 months ago
Show featured image size requirements, dimensions, branding guidelines, and image upload instructions directly inside the WordPress editor.
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- <10
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- 0/day
Tugna Default Category Image
Up in the last 7 days:3,271#69,652by Fatah At imisi himene1 year ago
Allows you to set a default image for each category, which will be used as the featured image for posts without a featured image.
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- <10
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- –
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- 0/day

ThumbAPI
#69,837by dinall3 months ago
Generate featured images from any post title with one click. Powered by the ThumbAPI service.
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- <10
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- 0/day
Creotec Title Card Images for Open Graph
#70,295by nativebreed27 days ago
Combines a post's featured image and title to dynamically generate an image and sets it as the Open Graph image for the post.
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- <10
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- 0/day

Image-Bridge
#70,472by babaksafayi3 years ago
Image Bridge is a Light weight WordPress plugin that allows you to add custom image URLs, alt and title attributes to the featured images of your page …
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- <10
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- 0/day

CreativeMash AI Image Studio
Down in the last 7 days:22,209#70,948by Matthew Reilly8 days ago
AI image generator for WordPress. Make on-brand featured images in your own style with OpenAI or Google Gemini, right in the editor.
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- <10
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- –
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- 33/day

Titlize
#71,508by titlize3 months ago
Automatically generate Open Graph images with text overlays for your posts and pages.
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- <10
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- 0/day

SSM Xtra Post Info
#71,556by bmeisler8 years ago
A very simple plugin that shows a thumbnail of a post's featured image when you are in the Posts/All Posts view mode.
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- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
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- 0/day

PublishDone
Down in the last 7 days:2,311#71,574by kurinobu1 month ago
Automatically generate featured and social (OGP) images when you publish WordPress posts, via the PublishDone cloud service.
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- <10
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- 0/day

Globe Boss AI Image Generator
Down in the last 7 days:5,472#71,671by T Gabriel1 month ago
AI featured images for posts and pages. Uses the WordPress AI Client by default; optionally connects to Google Gemini or OpenAI directly.
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- <10
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- 0/day

BudgetPixel AI Images
Down in the last 7 days:8,011#72,398by BudgetPixel AI1 month ago
Generate a featured image or inline image for any post from its title and excerpt, with 25+ image models and the credit cost shown before every run.
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- <10
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- 0/day

EffortLess Category Featured Carousel
#72,474by domclic28 days ago
A responsive carousel displaying posts from a specific category with featured images, elegant overlays, and smooth navigation.
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- <10
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- –
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- 0/day

EffortLess Required Fields Validator
#72,896by domclic28 days ago
Forces Title, Content, Featured Image and Category before publishing posts/pages in Gutenberg.
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- <10
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Featured Image in Content
Down in the last 7 days:6,873#72,913by Anuar4 years ago
Not all themes work the same way, and sometimes switching themes can lead to a lot of headaches. If you've previously used a theme that supports …
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- <10
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Evosolve Featured Images
Down in the last 7 days:6,129#73,069by AI Plugin Factory28 days ago
Preview and change featured images for up to 50 posts or pages, with durable history and conflict-aware undo.
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- <10
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- 0/day
HeroBytes Hide Title & Meta
Down in the last 7 days:5,091#73,495by herobites10 days ago
Hide the title, featured image, author, date, categories or comments on any post or page. Block and classic themes. Never touches menus.
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- <10
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- 11/day

Postlint Content Audit
#73,545by zuhaib25 days ago
Finds posts missing featured images, excerpts, tags, categories or alt text, plus thin content and duplicate titles, with one-click fixes.
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- <10
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AI Post Visualizer
Down in the last 7 days:5,584#73,918by codeadapted8 months ago
AI Post Visualizer allows you to generate and manage AI-powered featured images for your WordPress posts using OpenAI image generation (DALL·E).
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- <10
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- 0/day

Pixplet Media Library
Down in the last 7 days:21,932#73,938by Pixplet6 months ago
Find and import free stock photos directly into your WordPress Media Library and set featured images faster.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
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- 0/day