Arefly

Busy with setting every post’s first image to the Featured Image?
Use this plugin instead!
This plugin will auto set the first image of your post (for new posts only) to Featured Image.
If you do not want set the first image, you can still set your own Featured Image.
<h4>How Does It Work?</h4>
You do not need to set anything after you install and no any options.
The plugin will auto set the first image of your new posts to Featured Image.
<h4>How to exclude a specific post?</h4>
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Go in to the post/page you do not want to autoset Featured Image.
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Find Meta Box name “Custom Field”.
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Click “Enter new”.
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Enter “no_featured_image” in Name Table and enter anything in Value Table.
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Autoset Featured Image

I can see how this would be useful, though, but for my purposes and by the name of it, I was hoping it'd go through old posts and, if they didn't have a featured image, set the first image.



Wish it worked for existing posts...

Auto Set the first image of your post to Featured Image.

Rob @ 5 Star Plugins

Get images in your RSS feed instantly for free. Output blog featured images to Mailchimp RSS email campaigns, ActiveCampaign, Infusionsoft, Hubspot, Zoho, Feedburner, Bloglovin’, Feedly, and other services that use RSS feed data. Also works with WooCommerce product images for product-based RSS campaigns! A trusted plugin, developed in California with over 30,000 active installs and 75+ five star reviews. We actively answer every support forum thread.
Featured Images In RSS was built for content marketers. Easy set-up with minimal configuration to get up and running in minutes.
This plugin is forever free. Upgrade to Premium to unlock powerful features for content marketing. Developed and supported in the United States by 5 Star Plugins.
Free Features:
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<li>Can be used in any marketing automation service.</li>
<li>Select Featured Image Size: thumbnail, medium, large, any theme-specific sizes, or full size</li>
<li>Select Image Position: left above text, left text wrap, right text wrap, or centered above text</li>
<li>Padding: Instantly set the spacing between the image and the body text.</li>
<li>Feedly: Supports webfeedsFeaturedVisual class name on image HTML.</li>
<li>WooCommerce: Instantly add product photos to the product RSS feeds, and create product-based RSS campaigns.</li>
<li>Free support through the WordPress Support Forum.</li>
<li>Plugin updates with free version new features, fixes and security patches.</li>
</ul>
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Premium Upgrade Features
Enjoy a 14-day free trial no credit card required. Check out this full suite of image customization features for professional marketing.
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<li>Tech Support: Expert support in the U.S. to help get everything working and looking great.</li>
<li>Media and Enclosure Tags: Some services require it and it allows you to custom design email templates.</li>
<li>Use Media tag images only: Fix duplicate images issues when using image tags for advanced template designs.</li>
<li>Custom Image Sizes: Completely customize the size of image display for RSS feeds.</li>
<li>Feature Body Image: No featured photos set? No problem. Use the first photo from the body of posts.</li>
<li>Disable Responsive Images: Helps fix services that have issues with the responsive image code, like Mailchimp’s Preview.</li>
<li>Exclude Categories: Exclude unwanted categories not meant to be included in the RSS feed, like Homepage or Featured categories.</li>
<li>Custom Content in Feeds: Add custom content (text or HTML) before or after the post such as backlinks or ads.</li>
<li>Publish Delay: Add a time buffer to new posts from instantly hitting the RSS feed to safeguard from typos or accidents.</li>
<li>Premium plugin updates with new features, fixes and security patches.</li>
</ul>
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Real Testimonials
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“Must-have for content marketing. This is a super easy way to customize the featured images that appear in the RSS feed – no more ugly pre-populated visuals. I especially love the Mailchimp integration. It’s great to have this much control over our content. Image is everything!” – @morganmariequinn <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/must-have-for-content-marketing/" rel="ugc">Read the review</a>
“Must Have for Featured Image Based Themes & MailChimp Users. For several years my WordPress theme has used featured images at the head of all my posts. The problem is, then, when feeding my RSS feed to MailChimp, that featured image at the head of the post is lost. Sometimes the image is highly crucial to the post (not to mention more enjoyable), so this plugin is a life saver. A must have!” – @ericdye <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/must-have-for-featured-image-based-themes-mailchimp-users/" rel="ugc">Read the review</a>
“It just works – lovely! Great with MailChimp. I installed this plugin, changed the (very simple) settings and the featured images started appearing in my MailChimp campaigns straight away – perfect!” – @barn2media <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-just-works-lovely-great-with-mailchimp/" rel="ugc">Read the review</a>
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We promise you’ll love the features this plugin provides for your content marketing automation!
Need help or wish it did something else as well? Use the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-images-for-rss-feeds" rel="ugc">Support</a> tab to submit your thoughts.
Love this plugin? Please submit a <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-images-for-rss-feeds/reviews/?filter=5#new-post" rel="ugc">rating and review</a>, I’d appreciate your praise. (Have an issue? Post to the support forums before leaving a bad review.)

Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More

There's a setting screen with just a few options, but a few is all you need, to select which size image to include in the feed, image alignment, how much padding, and whether the image is a link to the post.

Does what it says it will do, little fuss

I installed a plugin to block the ads from this plugin! It works but these messages are too boring.

too much ads

Send images to RSS instantly for free. Output blog or WooCommerce photos to Mailchimp RSS email campaigns, ActiveCampaign, Hubspot, Feedly and more.

Autoset Featured Image vs Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More