Adds the featured image attached to posts to the beginning of the post content and excerpt in RSS feeds.
Alternatives to Emanda – Featured Image in RSS
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Local WebP optimizer for WordPress. Free converts images to WebP; Pro adds AVIF and site-wide image tools.
This plugin automatically adds featured images of your posts into the RSS feed.
Feed Post Thumbnailv3.0.0
Adds MRSS namespace to the feed and uses post-thumbnail as media element in the feed. Settings available under Settings -> Reading.
Atom Featured Imagev1.0.1
WordPress Plugin to add an <icon> tag with the post's featured image to the atom feed.
Add featured images to WordPress RSS feeds for Mailchimp newsletters and RSS readers. Includes image sizes and optional enclosure tags.
RSS Imagev0.2
Simply activate this plugin to attach featured images to their respective posts in the site feed.
Set a global default featured image and category-specific fallbacks with priority ordering.
Nix Image Optimizerv2.1.13
Convert images to WebP with bulk compression, media log, watermarking, image SEO, featured image generation, and unused media cleanup.
Automatically set a default featured image for all WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types — no more missing thumbnails, ever.