Easy Add Thumbnail

Most reviewers say it does one job well and does it fast, filling in missing featured images across old posts, though a couple want post-type and default-image options and one recent reviewer rejected it outright over the custom code it asked for.

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Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

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2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 51% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ yourautisticlife

   1.8y ago

   That’s exactly what I DO NOT WANT TO DO. Many years ago, I had an installation which required custom code. It was a pain to maintain.

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2. ★★★★★ stanilund

   3.9y ago

   Does exactly what is expected, nothing less, nothing more.

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3. ★★★★★ Yorsh

   4.2y ago

   Funciona a la perfección. Lo utilicé luego de migrar una web que no contaba con imagen destacada. Ahora, una mejora interesante es que se pueda especificar el post-type al que se quiere intervenir; también, poder determinar que se lance únicamente cuando subas imágenes al post.

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4. ★★★★★ deepcore2

   4.4y ago

   Very nice, simple, super effective plugin. It would be nice to set a default image as a “no image here” like image if no images are in the post.

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5. ★★★★★ brandonjp

   4.4y ago

   Really great plugin. Simple and effective. And very clean code.

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6. ★★★★★ wesleytech

   4.7y ago

   Great plugin that does what it says, adds featured images from the first image in each post when a featured image hasn’t been set. Easy Peazy. Helps tremendously with magazine themes and others that expect a featured image. Thanks for the excellent plugin!

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7. ★★★★★ truefaith7

   6.1y ago

   Started a new blog last week and since neither my active theme nor my backup theme have thumbnail generation capability, I needed a plugin to do that task. Tried one or two of the others, but they didn’t work. Gave this one a whirl and voila! Post thumbnails in a matter of seconds. So far it’s working great and I thank you so much for making this available to the WP community!

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8. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   6.5y ago

   Works amazingly.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.1.3 More changes for coding standards, now the entire file is 100% conform to WordPress Coding Standards. This doesn’t means any change in the plugin functionality, it’s just code cosmetic. 1.1.3
2. — Version 1.1.2 Minor coding standards changes 1.1.2
3. — Version 1.1.1 Added ‘eat_exclude_types’ filter to allow excluding post types from the process Minor code cleanup and more comments added 1.1.1
4. — Version 1.1 Changed plugin code to be WordPres 3.7 or higher compatible. So now WordPress 3.7 or higher is required and older WordPress versions are not supported. Cleanup some code not needed after raising min. required version to 1.1
5. — Version 1.0.2 When updating the readme.txt I copied by error another plugin readme to trunk, causing the plugin closed by WordPress.org staff. This release is only to fix the mistake made with readme as requested by WordPress.org staf 1.0.2
6. — Version 1.0.1 Hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too. 1.0.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-05-06 8K+ → 7K+ down after 60 days in tier
2. 2026-03-07 7K+ → 8K+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2026-03-03 8K+ → 7K+ down after 172 days in tier
4. 2025-09-12 9K+ → 8K+ down after 98 days in tier
5. 2025-06-06 10K+ → 9K+ down

Competes with

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Easy Add Thumbnail: 7K+ active installs, 4.5★ (52 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/easy-add-thumbnail