WordPress featured image plugins

List the most recent posts with post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, dates and more!

Dynamically adds multiple featured image (post thumbnail) functionality to posts, pages and custom post types.

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.

Automatically generate, assign, and manage featured images in bulk so every post on your site has a featured image.

Fed up with the lack of automated tools to properly crop and scale post thumbnails? Maybe this plugin can help.

Easily control whether the featured image appears in the single post or page view (doesn't hide it in archive/list view).

Automatically generate the featured image from the image of the post.

Awesome image zoom plugin for images in posts/pages and for WooCommerce products.

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

Adds multiple post thumbnails to a post type. If you've ever wanted more than one Featured Image on a post, this plugin is for you.

The ultimate widget for displaying posts, custom post types or sticky posts with an array of options.

Plugin allows you to manually crop all the image sizes registered in your WordPress theme (in particular featured image).

Automatically sets the featured image to the first image uploaded into the post (any post type with thumbnail support). So easy like that...

If a YouTube or Vimeo video embed exists near the start of a post, we'll automatically set the post's featured image to a thumbnail of the video.

Featured Image by URL allows to use an external URL Images as Featured Image for your post types. Includes support for Product Gallery (WooCommece).

Enables multiple featured images for all post types (including custom post types and WooCommerce products). Comes with a widget and a handy shortcode …

Allows adding custom captions to the featured images of the posts.

Easily add and display a caption for the featured image of a post.

Requires content you specify to have a featured image set before they can be published.

YITH WooCommerce Featured Video allows you to place a video in the product detail page instead of the featured image.

My Eyes Are Up Here helps you control how WordPress generates thumbnails.

This plugin adds a featured image column to any post type which supports featured images. See which posts have a featured image at a glance!

Add featured image column in listings. Add/change/remove featured image directly from the listing page

Plugin that show featured image on post list.

Export Categories, Tags and Taxonomies

Make up custom-tailored preview lists of the contents easily and place them in widget areas and post contents.

Adds the featured image attached to posts to the beginning of the post content and excerpt in RSS feeds.

Adds a column to any post type edit screen with the featured image if it exists.

Featured Image with URL allows to use an external URL Images as Featured Image for your post types. Includes support for Product Gallery(WooCommerce).

Secondary Product Image for WooCommerce adds a hover effect that will reveal a secondary product thumbnail to product images on your WooCommerce produ …

This plugin automatically adds featured images of your posts into the RSS feed.

Adds MRSS namespace to the feed and uses post-thumbnail as media element in the feed. Settings available under Settings -> Reading.

This plugin works within the Genesis Framework, to display featured images in beautiful and dynamic ways.

Add custom headers to each page, post, or custom post type. Header options include: featured image, custom image, slideshows, HTML, scripts, and more.

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

Automatically generates an image from the post title of a new or updated post and sets it as the featured image.

Add a [zoom] shortcode to display a zoomable featured image.

Automatically set a default featured image for posts, pages, or custom post types when none is assigned.

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 …

Add featured image to any part of the website, on each individual post/page. Very Easy to Implement. Shortcode and widget available.

Provides a widget that displays the featured image for a post or page. If a featured image has been set. If no featured image has been set, the plugin …

Autoselect the featured image and creates pixel perfect resizes on the fly without regenerate all the thumbnails.

Add Custom Image To Your Category / Custom Taxonomy Field With Advanced Category and Custom Taxonomy Image Plugin.

A simple plugin for theme developers to dynamically generate thumbnails on the fly without having to ask the users to manually regenerate them.

Set the minimum size required for featured images

Adds featured images to the default RSS feed for use with MailChimps image merge-tag

Automatically generate featured image for new/old posts if Post Thumbnail is not set manually. It also support external image and Youtube, Vimeo, Dail …

This WP plugin hides the featured image on a single post or page.

Enhance your WordPress REST API by adding a featured image URL field directly to API responses, improving performance by eliminating extra requests.

Widget Builder uses native WordPress editing interface to provide a unique tool to build custom widgets for your site(s).

WPGlobus Featured Images is an extension to the WPGlobus plugin. It allows setting featured images separately for each language.

Optimize your WordPress workflow with Featured Image Plus, managing featured images easily with bulk edit and Unsplash integration.

Set images for categories and tags, especially for fallback post thumbnails or featured images.

Set a featured image for post by a category.

Use an external url image as Featured Image for your posts, pages, and other kind of post types.

Seamlessly adds featured images to your RSS feed with customizable sizing options.

Add thumbnails of featured image to a column of admin All Posts page. No complecated settings.

Automatic Featured Image Posts creates a new post with a Featured Image every time an image is uploaded.

Display a post Thumbnail Grid using Featured Images

Automatically generate a featured image from the post title (Background with post title overlay) from media library. This plugins generate a featured …