Best featured images plugins for WordPress
The most popular featured images plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Quick Featured Images leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of Automatic Featured Images from Videos (6K+) and Hide featured image on all single page/post (4K+). All 21 plugins tagged “featured images” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 featured images plugins
- 1.
Quick Featured ImagesThe most installed featured images plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 235 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Automatic Featured Images from Videos6K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 36 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
Hide featured image on all single page/post4K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 14 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 4.Acme Fix Images
3K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
Preload Featured Images1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Easy Featured Images1K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 7 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
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Display Featured Image for Genesis1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 33 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
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Bulk Images to Posts1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 18 reviews, updated 1 month 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.
- 10.Set All First Images As Featured
600+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 22 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
All 21 plugins tagged “featured images”

Quick Featured Images
Down in the last 7 days:1#748by Kybernetik Services2 months ago
The time-saving solution for managing tons of featured images within minutes: Set, replace and delete in bulk and set default images for future posts.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.7(235)
- Downloads
- 147/day

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

Hide featured image on all single page/post
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,301by Tyler Tork4 years ago
This lightweight plugin hides all featured images on pages and posts when they are viewed in their own tab. The posts are not modified -- they still h …
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(14)
- Downloads
- 19/day
Acme Fix Images
Down in the last 7 days:9#4,029by Acme Themes1 year ago
Fix image sizes after you have changed image sizes from Media Settings. Ensure your images display consistently across your website.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 2.5(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Preload Featured Images
Up in the last 7 days:15#5,212by WPZOOM2 months ago
Preload Featured Images automatically in posts to increase the PageSpeed Score.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 18/day

Easy Featured Images
Up in the last 7 days:2#5,586by danielpataki11 years ago
Allows you to add and remove featured images from admin post lists. Works with AJAX and magic for your image assignment pleasure.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(7)
- Downloads
- 14/day

Display Featured Image for Genesis
Up in the last 7 days:9#6,016by Robin Cornett3 years ago
This plugin works within the Genesis Framework, to display featured images in beautiful and dynamic ways.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(33)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Bulk Images to Posts
Down in the last 7 days:45#6,660by mezzaninegold1 month ago
Bulk upload images and automatically create one WordPress post per image, with featured images, titles and categories ready to go.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(18)
- Downloads
- 12/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
Set All First Images As Featured
Up in the last 7 days:14#8,134by Lucy Tomas12 years ago
Sets the first image of your posts, pages or custom post types as the featured image.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.6(22)
- Downloads
- 11/day

RSS with Images
Down in the last 7 days:7#10,785by Ethan Allen6 years ago
Seamlessly adds featured images to your RSS feed with customizable sizing options.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Theme Blvd Featured Image Link Override
Down in the last 7 days:29#13,565by Jason10 years ago
When using a theme with Theme Blvd framework version 2.1+, this plugin allows you to set featured image link options globally throughout your site.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Autoset Featured Image Plus
Down in the last 7 days:9#13,782by 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.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Featured Images
Up in the last 7 days:92#13,850by Kostas Vrouvas7 years ago
A small plugin to add featured images in the "All Posts" page.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jump Start Banners
Down in the last 7 days:3#23,019by Jason10 years ago
Restores the banner functionality from Jump Start v2.0, when updating to v2.1+.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Random Post with ajax
#24,943by sadegh33336 years ago
Combining beauty and efficiency to display random posts
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Genesis Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:207#25,790by Ibon Azkoitia8 years ago
This plugin works within the Genesis Framework, and lets you display a featured image.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Go News In Pictures
Down in the last 7 days:671#38,256by goresponsive12 years ago
Plugin for viewing best news photos, news pictures online
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ngx Image Resizer
Up in the last 7 days:20,080#50,970by toannth8 years ago
Requires at least: 4.4 Tested up to: 4.9 Stable tag: 1.0.0 License: GNU General Public License v2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Aivolut Flow
#62,977by Aivolut12 days ago
Publish SEO blog posts from Flow to WordPress with AI writing, auto-publishing, categories, featured images, and author control.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day