Easy Add Thumbnail
Automatically sets the featured image to the first image uploaded into the post (any post type with thumbnail support). So easy like that...
The facts
- Rating
- 4.5★ from 52
- Active installs
- 7k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 5 Oct 2023
- Added
- Mar 2010
- Requires WP
- 4.7
- Tested up to
- WP 6.3.10
- Requires PHP
- 5.6
- Downloads
- 169,237
Our analysis
AI-assistedEasy Add Thumbnail is a WordPress plugin that allows you to automatically add a featured image ID to your posts. It checks if a post has a featured image and sets one dynamically for old published posts when they are viewed, while new posts have the featured image set during the publishing process.
This plugin is suitable for users who want to manage featured images without manual intervention, especially for sites with multiple post types. It does not alter any data upon deactivation and requires at least one image to be attached to the post for it to function.
Best for: This plugin suits WordPress users who want to automate the addition of featured images to their posts.
What it does well
- ✓Automatically adds featured image ID to posts
- ✓Works for various post types with thumbnail support
- ✓No options page, simple installation and activation
- ✓Does not add extra data to the WordPress database
- ✓Dynamic setting for old posts only when viewed
Where it falls short
- •Requires at least one image to be attached to the post
- •No control over the display of featured images, which is theme-dependent
Verdict
Easy Add Thumbnail provides a straightforward solution for managing featured images, but its effectiveness depends on having images attached to posts and the theme used for display.
From the developer
Samuel Aguilera's own description of Easy Add Thumbnail, lightly tidied.
NOTE: This plugin functionality is guaranteed by more than 10,000 active installs. But before installing this plugin bear in mind that its only purpose is to ADD the feature image ID to your post (in the same way that you would do using WP editor), it does not remove ANYTHING after deactivation.
Before asking for support please read FAQ and this support thread
How it works?
Checks if the post (any post type with thumbnail support, including pages) has already a featured image associated, and if not sets it using one of the following methods:
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Dynamically, for old published posts, the featured images are set only when needed to show them in the frontend. This means that the featured image is set (only first time) when a visitor loads the page where it needs to be shown.
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For new content, the featured image is set in the publishing process.
No options page to setup, simply install and activate.
If you want to exclude certain post type (e.g. pages), you can do it by using a filter. See FAQ for more details.
Easy Add Thumbnail doesn’t add any plugin data to your WordPress database. It simply adds the _thumbnail_id meta key with the ID of the attachment to be used as feature image (just the same that WordPress does when you set it manually).
Therefore it requires to have attached/uploaded at least one image to the post. If there’s not any image attached to the post, this plugin can’t help you.
Easy Add Thumbnail has not any control over how/when/where your featured image is displayed in your site, the display of the featured image in your site is TOTALLY controlled by your theme, this includes size, position, display it or not…
Requirements
- WordPress 4.7 or higher.
- PHP 5.6 or higher.