{"id":2895,"date":"2016-07-16T14:17:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T14:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hostileblog.com\/?p=2895"},"modified":"2020-05-30T21:39:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T01:39:24","slug":"wp-display-featured-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carnaghan.com\/wp-display-featured-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Best featured image plugin for WordPress (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featured image is a picture\u00a0that appears in the post excerpt. When the visitor sees the image, he will find the topic interesting, relevant, and will not hesitate in exploring your website further.<\/p>\n

All the premium and free WordPress themes<\/a> launched these days support FI. If your website has 100s of posts, it is difficult to set featured images manually unless you are ready to edit posts one by one. You don’t have to do so because the below free plugins will automate this task for you.<\/p>\n

Auto Post Thumbnail<\/h3>\n

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APT is a free plugin that automates the task of inserting thumbnails in post excerpts. This plugin has a good rating of 4.2 on the WordPress.org repository. Over hundred thousand WP users are using it.<\/p>\n

APT is a smart plugin. When your blog post has multiple pictures, it sets the first image as the excerpt’s thumbnail. If you have set an FI for a post and do not want the plugin to change it, just add the below custom field in the post.<\/p>\n

skip_post_thumb<\/code><\/p>\n[themify_button bgcolor=’purple’ link=”https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/auto-post-thumbnail\/” target=”_blank”]Download[\/themify_button]\n

Quick Featured\u00a0images<\/h3>\n

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With this plugin, the user can edit, remove, and replace hundreds of FIs in a bulk. In addition to this, QFI\u00a0 shows featured images in the WordPress dashboard<\/a>. The column for the same is sortable. The plugin is fast, and it works great on big WordPress websites.<\/p>\n[themify_button bgcolor=”purple” link=”https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/quick-featured-images\/” target=”_blank”]Download[\/themify_button]\n

Dynamic Featured image<\/h3>\n

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DFI is a free plugin that lets you add multiple featured images for every blog post on your website. It has an intuitive interface for the same. You don’t have to write a single line of code.<\/p>\n

DFI supports custom post types. It supports integration with third-party themes. This plugin is easy to configure.<\/p>\n[themify_button bgcolor=”purple” link=”https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/dynamic-featured-image\/” target=”_blank”]Download[\/themify_button]\n

WP featured images: Pros and Cons<\/h3>\n

Pros<\/span>:<\/p>\n