Derrick Tennant

It may be my personal preference, but I really like having the “Featured Image” metabox up at the top of my screen. I use it almost first thing on every post I write, so I don’t like searching for it. This plugin will force that metabox on top for the “post” post type. 
There’s only one option available, in the regular Media Settings page. “Allow Users to Customize Order” which is ON by default, can force users (if off) to have their “Featured Image” metabox stuck to the top.
Feel free to contact me, emrikol@gmail.com, if you have any problems or questions.

Featured Image on Top

Tired of having to move your "Featured Images" metabox to the top?  I've got a fix for that!

Travis Smith

Genesis Featured Images creates a option box to enable a default image for post thumbnails and/or featured images and a meta box to set a custom size for the featured image to be displayed. These default images will only appear any time a post, page or any custom post type does not have a featured image, or an image inside the post. So for those who write a lot of posts and want one image for the majority of your posts, this plugin works perfectly! Genesis Featured Images filters genesis_get_image() so anywhere you utilize genesis_get_image(), this plugin will provide a fallback option. Genesis Featured Images uses the WordPress Image Uploader and Library to upload the image to ensure that the proper thumbnails are created.
IMPORTANT: 
You must have <a href="http://wpsmith.net/get-genesis" title="Learn more about Genesis" rel="nofollow ugc">Genesis</a> installed. Click <a href="http://wpsmith.net/get-genesis" title="Learn more about Genesis" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a> to learn more about <a href="http://wpsmith.net/get-genesis" title="Learn more about Genesis" rel="nofollow ugc">Genesis</a>
<h3>Special Thanks</h3>
I owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the folks at <a href="http://wpsmith.net/go/studiopress" title="StudioPress" rel="nofollow ugc">StudioPress</a>, their <a href="http://wpsmith.net/go/spthemes" title="StudioPress Themes" rel="nofollow ugc">themes</a> make life easier.
And thanks to the various individuals who helped me through the beta testing.

Genesis Featured Images

This plugin sets a default image for post thumbnails for the Genesis framework.

Featured Image on Top vs Genesis Featured Images