Best generate thumbnails plugins for WordPress
The most popular generate thumbnails plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Auto Featured Image from Title leads with 900+ active installs, ahead of Thumbnail Image Generator (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “generate thumbnails” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 generate thumbnails plugins
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Auto Featured Image from TitleThe most installed generate thumbnails plugin, with 900+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 11 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Thumbnail Image GeneratorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “generate thumbnails”

Auto Featured Image from Title
Down in the last 7 days:124#6,971by 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

Thumbnail Image Generator
Up in the last 7 days:14,432#57,628by BeautifulPlugins14 days ago
Automatically generate featured images and post thumbnails for your WordPress posts, and pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day