Best post thumbnail plugins for WordPress
The most popular post thumbnail plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Regenerate Thumbnails leads with 1M+ active installs, ahead of Featured Image Admin Thumb (20K+) and Multiple Featured Images (5K+). All 40 plugins tagged “post thumbnail” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 post thumbnail plugins
- 1.
Regenerate ThumbnailsThe most installed post thumbnail plugin, with 1M+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 396 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.Featured Image Admin Thumb
20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 40 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
Multiple Featured Images5K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 28 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 4.Add Featured Image to RSS Feed
2K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 12 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 5.Fix Media Library
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 32 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 6.Remove Featured Image
1K+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 7 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 7.
SB RSS feed plus1K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 10 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 8.
Post Featured Video900+ active installs. Rated 3.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Bulk Featured Image700+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 10.Featured Image in Content
600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
All 40 plugins tagged “post thumbnail”

Regenerate Thumbnails
#64by Alex Mills1 year ago
Regenerate the thumbnails for one or more of your image uploads. Useful when changing their sizes or your theme.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.6(396)
- Downloads
- 2.7K/day
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

Multiple Featured Images
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,173by Marcus Kober6 years ago
Enables multiple featured images for all post types (including custom post types and WooCommerce products). Comes with a widget and a handy shortcode …
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.7(28)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Add Featured Image to RSS Feed
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,290by Corey Salzano4 months ago
Adds the featured image attached to posts to the beginning of the post content and excerpt in RSS feeds.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Fix Media Library
Down in the last 7 days:16#5,350by wowpress.host8 years ago
Fix Media Library inconsistency between database and wp-content/uploads folder contents. Unused image files, broken media library entries, missing att …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(32)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Remove Featured Image
Up in the last 7 days:7#5,565by chatthasumit8 years ago
To show/hide/remove featured images on individual posts or from all posts.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.4(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

SB RSS feed plus
Down in the last 7 days:14#5,688by ladislav.soukup9 years ago
This plugin will add post thumbnail to RSS feed items. Add signatur or simple ads. Create fulltext RSS (via special url).
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(10)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Post Featured Video
Up in the last 7 days:2#7,190by Galaxy Weblinks1 year ago
Post Featured Video is a very nifty responsive video plugin that helps your users to see a YouTube or Vimeo video or Custom HTML MP4 video
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 3.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Bulk Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:51#7,645by CreedAlly10 months ago
Allows you to set featured image on the post, page and product if woocommerce active.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Featured Image in Content
Up in the last 7 days:9#8,066by Nick Halsey3 months 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 …
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 7/day

ZI Hide Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:3#8,242by zeninvader3 years ago
This WP plugin hides the featured image on a single post or page.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Add post thumbnail to wp-admin list view
Down in the last 7 days:65#9,372by Mark Howells-Mead11 months ago
Adds a new column to the WordPress admin post list view, containing a preview of the post's featured image (where available).
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Setup Default Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:37#9,758by theme funda3 months ago
Automatically set a default featured image for all WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types — no more missing thumbnails, ever.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day
Post Thumbnail Extras
Up in the last 7 days:63#12,143by sewpafly12 years ago
Make using post thumbnails easier for everyday wordpressing.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/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
Ultimate Sticky Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:4#16,477by Pieter Ferrreira8 years ago
This Widget works well to display sticky/posts or both.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.6(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bulk-Select Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:136#16,527by ulfben26 days ago
Set featured images from the Media Library, one at a time or in bulk. Each selected image is assigned to the post it is attached to.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.1(14)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Clickable Featured Image
Up in the last 7 days:228#16,849by Bjorn Solstad1 month ago
Make WordPress featured images clickable. Link post thumbnails to the full-size image, attachment page, or post permalink.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

B7 Multiple Featured Images for Post
Down in the last 7 days:89#19,195by blogvii1 year ago
Enhance your posts by adding multiple featured images with ease.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

AI Thumbnails Maker
Down in the last 7 days:435#19,550by Alexander Kovalev4 months ago
Revolutionary auto featured image generator with AI. Effortlessly create thumbnails, force regenerate thumbnails, and automate image workflows.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day

WP Category Thumbnail
Down in the last 7 days:239#21,937by NetTantra7 years ago
WP Category Thumbnail create a thumbnail widget
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Term Thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:344#29,094by Ralf Hortt12 years ago
Post Thumbnails for WordPress Terms
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Smart Auto Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:570#29,139by WPJoli24 days ago
Generate Featured Images automatically based on your post content (title, etc). Customize your featured image with the built in template editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
JMS Rss Feed
Up in the last 7 days:173#30,573by James8 years ago
Add the featured image tag in your posts RSS feed. For standard RSS feed XML, there is no image tag definition. This plugin will show the post featur …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Featured Image Widget
Down in the last 7 days:247#31,895by Nanhe Kumar9 years ago
Provides a widget that displays the featured image for a post or page with custom settings.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:220#33,022by GrottoPress9 years ago
Automagically add featured image to posts using images inserted into post content, if no featured image is explicitly added to post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Thumbnail Before Content
Down in the last 7 days:759#34,380by Adam Ainsworth5 years ago
This is a simple plugin that automatically inserts the post thumbnail (featured image) before the post content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Fake Image Replacer
Down in the last 7 days:261#34,729by maximebj13 years ago
WP Fake Image Replacer generates fake post thumbnail images. Useful in theme development process. Now works with ACF fields.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Image Gallery Custom Post Type
Up in the last 7 days:4,081#38,314by nziniwal6 months ago
Create beautiful galleries with images from your Media Library, multiple layouts, colors, and a lightbox. Set defaults under Galleries → Settings.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
PhotoJAR
Up in the last 7 days:5,771#38,473photojar-post-thumbnailer18 years ago
PhotoJAR: Post Thumbnailer displays a post thumbnail. A full gallery can be displayed upon clicking the thumbnail when paired with a javascript viewe …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Add Titles to post thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:1,312#40,504by freelancevip10 years ago
Authomatically adds title to the_post_thumbnail function.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

MM Thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:4,758#44,720by Mehraz Morshed21 days ago
Disable thumbnails from posts of your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Multisite Featured Image
Down in the last 7 days:2,557#45,044by Igor Benic9 years ago
Multisite Featured Image changes the box of the featured image so that you can use the classic Media Uploader also with Network Shared Media.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Defaultify Featured Image
Up in the last 7 days:7,396#55,344by navneetkrkashyap1 year ago
Set a default featured image for posts, pages, and custom post types with an option to enable or disable automatic application.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Thumbnail Image Generator
Up in the last 7 days:14,432#57,628by BeautifulPlugins1 day ago
Automatically generate featured images and post thumbnails for your WordPress posts, and pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ThumbGenie AI
Down in the last 7 days:2,677#62,800by msnisha5 months ago
AI-powered featured image generator for WordPress posts. Automatically create stunning featured images based on your post content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

GenPost Thumbnails
Up in the last 7 days:941#64,694by MrGhozzi2 months ago
Generate smart, contextual AI featured images for your WordPress posts automatically or on-demand using Pollinations.ai.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ZubFeat AI Featured Image
Up in the last 7 days:1,327#69,404by Md. Zubaer Ahammed10 days ago
Generate a featured image from your post title or title plus excerpt. Use your own OpenAI or OpenRouter key; falls back to a non-AI branded template.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

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 …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day