10 Best Multiple Featured Images Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Multiple Featured Images has 5,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Multiple Featured Images
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Featured Image Admin Thumb
Closest match4.7 (40) 20,000+ active installsAdds inline thumbnail image to admin columns on Post/post types view (where supported). Click to easily set/change the featured image.
Shares the featured image, post thumbnail tags on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated July 10, 2026.
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4.5 (55) 10,000+ active installsThe ultimate widget for displaying posts, custom post types or sticky posts with an array of options.
Shares the featured image tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since July 17, 2024.
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Custom Post Types and Custom Fields creator – WCK
4.7 (97) 10,000+ active installsA must have tool for creating custom fields, custom post types and taxonomies, fast and without any programming knowledge.
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated July 15, 2026.
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4.6 (49) 4,000+ active installsJC Submenu plugin allows you to automatically populate your navigation menus with custom post_types, taxonomies, or child pages.
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since August 17, 2020.
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4.7 (20) 1,000+ active installsExtends the native sticky post functionality to custom post types in a way that is identical to default posts.
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since January 15, 2015.
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WP Ultimate Post Grid
Paid version available4.4 (32) 4,000+ active installsEasily create filterable responsive grids for your posts, pages or custom post types
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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4.9 (46) 3,000+ active installsManual related posts without slowing down your website!
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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5.0 (33) 10,000+ active installsRemove custom post type base slug from url
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated December 1, 2025.
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4.8 (71) 200,000+ active installsEdit the permalink of custom post type.
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. About 40 times the installs, last updated May 20, 2026.
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4.9 (32) 1,000+ active installsFix Media Library inconsistency between database and wp-content/uploads folder contents. Unused image files, broken media library entries, missing att …
Shares the post thumbnail tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since December 18, 2018.
Switching from Multiple Featured Images: common questions
What is the best alternative to Multiple Featured Images?
Featured Image Admin Thumb is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Multiple Featured Images alternative has the most users?
Custom Post Type Permalinks, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Multiple Featured Images alternative is rated highest?
Custom Post Type Permalinks, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 71 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Multiple Featured Images alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Multiple Featured Images score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Multiple Featured Images on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Featured Image Admin Thumb is the closest match to Multiple Featured Images by the data we track, and Custom Post Type Permalinks has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. WP Ultimate Post Grid shipped the most recent release, on August 19, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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