Best inherit plugins for WordPress
The most popular inherit plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. JSM Inherit Parent Featured Image leads with 70+ active installs, ahead of Inherit Theme Mods (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “inherit” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 inherit plugins
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JSM Inherit Parent Featured ImageThe most installed inherit plugin, with 70+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
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Inherit Theme Mods10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
All 2 plugins tagged “inherit”
JSM Inherit Parent Featured Image
Up in the last 7 days:10#18,901by JS Morisset10 days ago
Inherit the featured image from the Post, Page, or Custom Post Type parent, grand-parent, great-grand-parent, etc.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Inherit Theme Mods
#29,188by KamataRyo10 years ago
'Inherit Theme Mods' enables to copy customizer properties from parent theme to child.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 13/day