Best featured thumbnail plugins for WordPress
The most popular featured thumbnail plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Featured Image Admin Thumb leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Admin Featured Thumbnail (100+). All 2 plugins tagged “featured thumbnail” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 featured thumbnail plugins
- 1.
Featured Image Admin ThumbThe most installed featured thumbnail plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 40 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
Admin Featured Thumbnail100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 2 plugins tagged “featured thumbnail”
Featured Image Admin Thumb
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,117by Sean Hayes4 months ago
Adds inline thumbnail image to admin columns on Post/post types view (where supported). Click to easily set/change the featured image.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(40)
- Downloads
- 69/day
Admin Featured Thumbnail
Down in the last 7 days:3#15,421by wphigh11 years ago
Add post thumbnails to admin list of posts.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day