Best post thumbnails plugins for WordPress
The most popular post thumbnails 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 Quick Featured Images (50K+) and Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) (40K+). All 16 plugins tagged “post thumbnails” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 post thumbnails plugins
- 1.
Regenerate ThumbnailsThe most installed post thumbnails 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.
Quick Featured Images50K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 235 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail)40K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 119 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 4.
Crop Thumbnails40K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 67 reviews, updated 9 hours ago.
- 5.
Category Posts Block40K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 79 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
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Latest Posts4K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 7 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Acme Fix Images3K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.
WP Random Post Thumbnails1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 9.
Genesis Featured Images100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 10.
Really Simple Featured Image30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 16 plugins tagged “post thumbnails”
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
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
Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail)
#799by Themeisle3 days ago
Automatically generate, assign, and manage featured images in bulk so every post on your site has a featured image.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 3.8(119)
- Downloads
- 706/day
Crop Thumbnails
#809by Volkmar Kantortoday
"Crop Thumbnails" made it easy to get exacly that specific image-detail you want to show in your featured image or gallery image.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.6(67)
- Downloads
- 254/day
Category Posts Block
Down in the last 7 days:1#881by ZephyrWest20 days ago
Shows a list of recent posts from a category - with thumbnails, excerpt and a load more button. For posts, pages and the Site Editor.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.5(79)
- Downloads
- 311/day
Latest Posts
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,252by ShapedPlugin LLC7 months ago
Latest posts widget to display recent posts from category.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(7)
- Downloads
- 23/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
WP Random Post Thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:10#6,121by Brianna Deleasa1 year ago
Allows you to select images to be shown at random for posts without a featured image.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Genesis Featured Images
Up in the last 7 days:121#15,256by Travis Smith11 years ago
This plugin sets a default image for post thumbnails for the Genesis framework.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Really Simple Featured Image
Up in the last 7 days:201#25,157by JetixWP Plugins1 month ago
Automatically set missing featured images from the first image or a YouTube, Vimeo or Dailymotion video in your content.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Set Featured Image From Content
Up in the last 7 days:73#28,101by Mark Jansen10 years ago
Get image from content to set as featured image
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AOC Multiple Post Images
#40,694by ankittiwaari7 years ago
AOC Multiple Post Images allows a user to upload multiple featured images to a post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Featured Image on Top
#44,622by Derrick Tennant14 years ago
Tired of having to move your "Featured Images" metabox to the top? I've got a fix for that!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Thumbnail Updater
#44,901by Jess16 years ago
A plugin for updating your thumbnails whenever a new thumbnail size is added with add_image_size()
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Latest Posts
Up in the last 7 days:3,536#65,540by msakib6 years ago
Latest posts widget to display recent posts
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RIS Related Post
Down in the last 7 days:24,354#74,032by Md Taufiqur Rahman1 year ago
Easily display related posts with thumbnails below your content, boosting engagement and SEO.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day