Alternatives to Featured Image from URL (FIFU)
Use remote media as the featured image and beyond.
Snapshot
Rating: 4.6/5 (262 reviews)
Downloads: 7,227,236
Active installs: 70,000
Maintenance score: 61/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 5.6
Tested up to: 6.9.4
Requires PHP: f
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Post Thumbnail Editor(63)•Updated 3616d ago
Fed up with the lack of automated tools to properly crop and scale post thumbnails? Maybe this plugin can help.
30,000 installs392,617 downloads16/100 • Possibly abandoned
Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages(38)•Updated 59d ago
Easily control whether the featured image appears in the single post or page view (doesn't hide it in archive/list view).
30,000 installs446,115 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Featured Image Admin Thumb(40)•Updated 431d ago
Adds inline thumbnail image to admin columns on Post/post types view (where supported). Click to easily set/change the featured image.
20,000 installs205,947 downloads32/100 • Possibly abandoned
10,000 installs271,493 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
Featured Video Plus(80)•Updated 3138d ago
Add Featured Videos to your posts and pages. Works like magic with most themes which use Featured Images. Local Media, YouTube, Vimeo and many more.
10,000 installs316,104 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
9,000 installs115,897 downloads50/100 • Maintained
Generate Images (AI) – Magic Post Thumbnail(25)•Updated 91d ago
Get images for your posts with automatic generation & multiple banks. Generate as featured images or in your content with Gutenberg Block and in bulk
6,000 installs477,039 downloads46/100 • Maintained
A WP Life Companion(0)•Updated 24d ago
A WP Life Companion is a useful plugin for awpbusinesspress WordPress theme by awordpresslife.
6,000 installs190,976 downloads68/100 • Actively maintained
Really Simple Featured Video – Featured Video Support for Posts, Pages & WooCommerce Products(34)•Updated 64d ago
Really Simple Featured Video enables featured video support for WordPress posts, pages, CPTs (with featured images) & WooCommerce Products.
5,000 installs118,714 downloads55/100 • Actively maintained
NS Featured Posts(29)•Updated 294d ago
A plugin for making posts, pages, or custom post types featured. Users can enable/disable Featured flags for selected post types.
4,000 installs115,192 downloads44/100 • Stale
WP Hide Show Featured Image(3)•Updated 345d ago
The plugin provides options to hide featured images from all posts and pages.
4,000 installs45,622 downloads40/100 • Stale
YITH WooCommerce Featured Video(34)•Updated 92d ago
YITH WooCommerce Featured Video allows you to place a video in the product detail page instead of the featured image.
3,000 installs430,417 downloads56/100 • Maintained
Featured Galleries(20)•Updated 2890d ago
Do you like giving posts a Featured Image? Try out a Featured Gallery. It's like a Featured Images ... except as many images as you want.
3,000 installs37,666 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
RSS Featured Image(23)•Updated 994d ago
Add the featured image into your RSS feed (in the media:content). Works nicely with Mailchimp (|RSSITEM:IMAGE|). Light and simple, no options, no clut …
2,000 installs25,179 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Better REST API Featured Images(11)•Updated 3623d ago
Adds a top-level field with featured image data including available sizes and URLs to the post object returned by the REST API.
2,000 installs61,102 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Featured Content and Slider(8)•Updated 227d ago
A quick, easy way to add and display what features your company, product or service offers, using our shortcode OR template code or Gutenberg block.
2,000 installs92,655 downloads40/100 • Stale
Advanced Post List(80)•Updated 762d ago
Post List builder with highly customizable filter & custom designs. Whether it's displaying Recent Posts, Related Posts, Dynamic Posts, or a …
1,000 installs138,703 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
External URL Featured Image(8)•Updated 2104d ago
Use an external url image as Featured Image for your posts, pages, and other kind of post types.
400 installs13,590 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Autoset Featured Image Plus(6)•Updated 3956d ago
Check for an image inside text editor or use external images from anywhere as the featured image of your pages and posts.
100 installs17,880 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
URL To Featured Image(0)•Updated 186d ago
Set any external image URL as your post's featured image automatically.
0 installs367 downloads38/100 • Stale