Set a global default featured image and category-specific fallbacks with priority ordering.
Alternatives to Flickr Fallback Thumbnail
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Local WebP optimizer for WordPress. Free converts images to WebP; Pro adds AVIF and site-wide image tools.
Generate featured images from Bing, GPT Image, Unsplash and more. Automatic, bulk or Gutenberg — based on your post title.
Never show a blank thumbnail again. Automatically display a default featured image, fallback image, or placeholder image for any post, page, or custom …
Adds the featured image attached to posts to the beginning of the post content and excerpt in RSS feeds.
Automatically creates a title-text thumbnail and sets it as the featured image for posts that don't have one — with a live preview.
Generate featured images from any post title with one click. Powered by the ThumbAPI service.
Generate Featured Images automatically based on your post content (title, etc). Customize your featured image with the built in template editor.
XO Featured Image Toolsv1.15.3
Automatically generate the featured image from the image of the post.
WP Remote Thumbnailv1.3.2
A small lightweight plugin to set external/remote images as post thumbnail/featured image.