10 Best Multiple Post Thumbnails Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Multiple Post Thumbnails has 20,000+ 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 Post Thumbnails
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My Eyes Are Up Here
Closest match5.0 (32) 2,000+ active installsMy Eyes Are Up Here helps you control how WordPress generates thumbnails.
Shares the featured image, image, thumbnails tags on WordPress.org. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, no update since September 29, 2022.
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4.5 (52) 7,000+ active installsAutomatically sets the featured image to the first image uploaded into the post (any post type with thumbnail support). So easy like that...
Shares the featured image, thumbnails tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since October 5, 2023.
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4.8 (212) 100,000+ active installsList the most recent posts with post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, dates and more!
Shares the featured image, thumbnails tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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4.8 (22) 3,000+ active installsEnables upscaling of thumbnails for small media attachments
Shares the image, thumbnails tags on WordPress.org. 3,000+ installs against 20,000+, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.8 (38) 30,000+ active installsEasily control whether the featured image appears in the single post or page view (doesn't hide it in archive/list view).
Shares the featured image, image tags on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated May 3, 2026.
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Perfect Images: Regenerate Thumbnails, Image Sizes, WebP & AVIF
4.8 (279) 60,000+ active installsOptimize image sizes, regenerate thumbnails, enable retina, convert to WebP/AVIF, or use cloud optimization. An essential image toolkit.
Shares the thumbnails tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 2 days ago.
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4.7 (185) 200,000+ active installsDelete and REALLY force thumbnail regeneration.
Shares the thumbnails tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated February 17, 2026.
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4.8 (77) 10,000+ active installsDisplay a list of related posts on your site based on the most terms in common. Supports thumbnails, shortcodes, a widget and more.
Shares the thumbnails tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 16 days ago.
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4.6 (30) 6,000+ active installsAutomatically fix iOS-taken images' orientation using ImageMagic/PHP GD upon upload.
Shares the thumbnails tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since June 12, 2024.
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4.7 (235) 50,000+ active installsThe time-saving solution for managing tons of featured images within minutes: Set, replace and delete in bulk and set default images for future posts.
Shares the featured image tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
Switching from Multiple Post Thumbnails: common questions
What is the best alternative to Multiple Post Thumbnails?
My Eyes Are Up Here is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 2,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Multiple Post Thumbnails alternative has the most users?
Force Regenerate Thumbnails, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Multiple Post Thumbnails alternative is rated highest?
Perfect Images, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 279 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Multiple Post Thumbnails 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 Post Thumbnails 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 Post Thumbnails 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
My Eyes Are Up Here is the closest match to Multiple Post Thumbnails by the data we track, and Force Regenerate Thumbnails has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. Perfect Images shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 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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