Generate Images (AI) – Magic Post Thumbnail

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1. ★★★★★ pixluser

   1.9y ago

   That’s the perfect software to automatically add pictures into featured images, and also content, and soon into metabox gallery 🙂The developper is very open to new ideas, and provide a good work. I bought my pro license to go even further. Thanks !

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2. ★★★★★ slifetw

   1.9y ago

   Execute normally, in WordPress 6.5.5

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3. ★★★★★ SmileWP

   1.9y ago

   This plugin saves you time, Until it doesn’t. When is that? When this plugin “auto generates” featured images for your posts by using real live book covers, and real live marketing materials with REAL BRAND NAMES and REAL ICONS, and REAL AUTHOR NAMES, anbd REAL BOOK TITLES… About one third of the posts we’ve made have 100% COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL in them. If I upgrade to paid Pro will I get non-copyrighted materials guaranteed? I added a thrird star because the Magic Thumbnail plugin does help with productivity–when it helps. This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by SmileWP.

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4. ★★★★★ coldchris

   1.9y ago

   It is very useful to find thumbnails for my thouseads of posts. I would like to have also google option in manual generate option. And also it would be really great if search words could be mixed like post name + category. Other than that, it’s a great plugin for the site owners with thousands of posts without thumbnails. i could get a pro version but both i hate subscription payments and also the price is huge comparing the features of the free version. Despite everything, this plugin deserves 5 stars all the way. Thanks dev team for the great plugin.

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5. ★★★★★ mariawong16

   2.2y ago

   The plugin is easy to set up and works great for automatically generating images for my posts. I use it with envato elements. The developer is very helpful. I highly recommend it to anyone who needs an automatic image tool.

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6. ★★★★★ everthingrelationshipcc

   3.1y ago

   handy nice improvements This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by everthingrelationshipcc. This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by everthingrelationshipcc.

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7. ★★★★★ aperrier

   3.7y ago

   Create automatically images for posts, it is really useful when we have some automatic blogs. The new interface is better than the old one and settings are easy to setup.

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8. ★★★★★ ronan.anjos

   3.9y ago

   O plugin exige poucas configurações e funciona perfeitamente. Muito obrigado ao desenvolvedor

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 6.2.1 Bing Images is the default source for the Google Image (scraping) bank. The old Google HTML pipeline is off. Same search options map to Bing ( qft filters). Filter: mpt_google_scraping_bing_qft_tokens . 6.2.1
2. — Version 6.2.0 Google Image (scraping): new way to fetch results; still unstable on many hosts. Bing fallback when Google fails: on by default; off in Banks or filter. 6.2.0
3. — Version 6.1.8 Fix Gutenberg Block: loader no longer stays infinite when image download fails Fix Gutenberg Block: improve download reliability for Openverse and Flickr images Fix Gutenberg Block: preserve URL-encoded characters in ima 6.1.8
4. — Version 6.1.7 Fix dashboard footer 6.1.7
5. — Version 6.1.6 PRO: Improve compatibility with “Featured Image from URL” (FIFU) plugin – supports both free and premium versions PRO: Disable Envato Elements integration (API no longer working) Remove Envato Elements from available ima 6.1.6
6. — Version 6.1.5 Add Black Friday discount 6.1.5

6 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.1 Magic Post Thumbnail <= 5.2.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-08-26 CVE-2024-43921 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.2.9 Patched in 5.2.10
2. Medium · 4.4 Generate Images – Magic Post Thumbnail <= 5.2.7 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-07-22 CVE-2024-6724 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 5.2.7 Patched in 5.2.8
3. Medium · 6.1 Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ↗
   2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects 2.4.3 - 4.1.12 Patched in 4.1.13
4. High · 7.2 Magic Post Thumbnail <= 4.1.10 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-04-03 CVE-2023-29171 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.1.10 Patched in 4.1.11
5. Medium · 6.3 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks ↗
   2022-03-04 CVE-2022-4974 Missing Authorization Affects < 3.3.11 Patched in 3.3.11
6. Medium · 6.1 Magic Post Thumbnail <= 3.3.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2021-07-05 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.3.6 Patched in 3.3.7

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-08-03 6K+ → 5K+ down after 53 days in tier
2. 2026-06-11 7K+ → 6K+ down after 98 days in tier
3. 2026-03-05 8K+ → 7K+ down after 108 days in tier
4. 2025-11-17 9K+ → 8K+ down after 61 days in tier
5. 2025-09-17 8K+ → 9K+ up after 2 days in tier
6. 2025-09-15 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-09-14 8K+ → 9K+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-09-13 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• XO Featured Image Tools 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
• Manual Image Crop 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• E Easy Add Thumbnail 7K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
• Feed Post Thumbnail 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Featured Image Zoom 900+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C

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Generate Images (AI) – Magic Post Thumbnail: 5K+ active installs, 4.3★ (25 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/magic-post-thumbnail