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XO Featured Image Tools

by ishitaka · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.15.3 Tested up to WP 6.9.7 PHP 5.6+

XO Featured Image Tools has 30,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 311,213 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on November 24, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

XO Featured Image Tools at a glance

Active installs
30,000+
Total downloads
311,213
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is XO Featured Image Tools well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.9.7, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
5%
1 of 21 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Generate the featured image collectively
  • Automatically generate the featured image when you save a post
  • Bulk delete the featured image of the posts
  • Display the featured image items in the Post list

XO Featured Image Tools reviews and ratings

21 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.7 out of 5

21 reviews

5★
19
4★
0
3★
1
2★
0
1★
1

  • The best

    It's the best WordPress plugin for automatically generating images in posts from an image URL that I've ever tried, it's very light and works great even with the latest version. The URL must be present in the post and the image can also be hosted on an external server: the plugin will take the first image in the post, make it the featured image of the post and also insert it in the media list. Excellent.

    Cs

  • Does not work at all

    All it does is a process bar that slowly goes to 100%, but in the end 0 featured images were created from uploaded image in the post. I still have to set them manually.

    edwinkort

  • Works perfect

    After doing a long import of posts, it generates thumbnails for each post.

    Uri Lazcano

  • Fantastic!

    XO Featured Image is the ONLY plugin that works reliably to automatically set a featured image. I do many transfers from Blogger and TypePad to Wordpress, and this is the only plugin that consistently works for setting the featured images for these posts. It's simplicity itself, without a ton of settings. Thanks for providing such a stable plugin!

    Integrantsvs

  • Perfect tool with suggestion for improvement

    Thank you for the great plugin. Is exactly what I was looking for and the best plugin you can find for this purpose... But: The following image URLs often appear in my posts: image.jpg?uid=Yi3w9CE. These image files are not captured by your plugin. So far I only knew this from form data transmissions like: index.html?var=123. But I have such pictures in my posts. Can you fix this in the next update please? My suggested solution would be: $path= substr( $url, strrpos( $url, '.' )+4); $url = str_ireplace($path, '', $url);

    atallen

  • Easy to use without buying

    易用不用购买

    malagebidi

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Details

Automatically generate the featured image from the image of the post.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • auto featured image
  • featured image
  • thumbnail

More from ishitaka

Version
1.15.3
Last updated
Nov 24, 2025
First published
Nov 4, 2017
Requires WordPress
4.9
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
5.6
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

XO Featured Image Tools FAQ

What does XO Featured Image Tools do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, XO Featured Image Tools offers Generate the featured image collectively, Automatically generate the featured image when you save a post, Bulk delete the featured image of the posts and Display the featured image items in the Post list.

How many active installs does XO Featured Image Tools have?

WordPress.org reports 30,000+ active installs for XO Featured Image Tools as of September 7, 2026.

Is XO Featured Image Tools still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on November 24, 2025 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

Is XO Featured Image Tools free?

XO Featured Image Tools is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.