Multiple Featured Images

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0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 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 · 92% 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 10 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ stefaniehaser

   5.3y ago

   Crazy cool plugin! It works great (also with page builders like Elementor). Thank you.

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2. ★★★★★ Alin Andrei

   5.8y ago

   Great tool. It would’ve been nice if it could support bulk upload of featured images, as a gallery (just like in woocommerce product galleries). Thanks!

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3. ★★★★★ Nate Zander

   6.2y ago

   Adds so much more flexibility for designing a post, or displaying content in different contexts (home page, single post, archive). Thank you for this great plugin!

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4. ★★★★★ niceapps

   6.9y ago

   Exactly what I was looking for ! Works great with the latest version of WordPress (5.3) No need for shortcode! To obtain a featured image that loads automatically according to the language of the plugin qtranslate-x, you can add in the file functions.php: add_filter( 'kdmfi_featured_images', function( $featured_images ) { $args = array( 'id' => 'featured-image-en', 'desc' => 'English version of the feature image.', 'label_name' => 'English featured image', 'label_set' => 'Set english featured image', 'label_remove' => 'Remove english featured image', 'label_use' => 'Set english featured image', 'post_type' => array( 'page', 'post', 'portfolio', 'app' ), ); $featured_images[] = $args; return $featured_images; }); add_filter( 'get_post_metadata', 'wdm_change_featured_image', 10, 4 ); function wdm_change_featured_image( $feature_image_id = null, $post_id, $meta_key, $single ) { if ( $meta_key == '_thumbnail_id' ) { if(function_exists('qtranxf_getLanguage')) { if (qtranxf_getLanguage() == 'en' && kdmfi_has_featured_image( 'featured-image-en', $post_id )) { $feature_image_id = kdmfi_get_featured_image_id( 'featured-image-en', $post_id ); } } } return $feature_image_id; }

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5. ★★★★★ imemine

   8.7y ago

   Hi, This is my first review, this plugin made me review it because it is so awesome. Makes life easier. Thank you 🙂

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6. ★★★★★ Avant 5

   8.9y ago

   I have been using this for years. I can’t even begin to count how many times I’ve been handed a design for a theme to build where the designer had a thumbnail for one gallery, then a totally different type of thumbnail for some other section of the site. Nothing flashy here, just the perfect tool for the job. This plugin makes adding extra featured image types a breeze. It’s a tool for developers, tho and not a simple plug-n-play solution. It doesn’t simply add a second thumbnail to your posts, it does require some really lite code tinkering, so if you’re not comfortable monkeying around in the functions file(s), this won’t solve the problem for you. This topic was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by Avant 5. Reason: 1) Fixed a vague-language issue. 2) Replaced the word 'plugin' where 'thumbnail' was intended

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7. ★★★★★ lf2s

   9.7y ago

   Thank you for your plugin, that was exactly what I need 🙂 This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by lf2s.

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8. ★★★★★ roxer82

   9.9y ago

   Very useful!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 0.5.0 Added shortcode for displaying the image Changed the meta key from kdmfi to kdmfi_ to enable API access again 0.5.0
2. — Version 0.4.3 Backwards compatibility to PHP 5.3.10 Added support for translations 0.4.3
3. — Version 0.4.2 Bug fixes 0.4.2
4. — Version 0.4.1 Bug fixes 0.4.1
5. — Version 0.4.0 Completely rewritten; added Widget 0.4.0
6. — Version 0.3 Bug fix: no output of url when a size is given 0.3

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

Translated into 4 languages, 1 at 90% or more · development strings

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. 2025-12-21 6K+ → 5K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2025-12-19 5K+ → 6K+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2025-12-17 6K+ → 5K+ down after 383 days in tier
4. 2024-11-29 7K+ → 6K+ down after 340 days in tier
5. 2023-12-25 8K+ → 7K+ down after 254 days in tier
6. 2023-04-15 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2023-04-14 8K+ → 9K+ up after 5 days in tier
8. 2023-04-09 9K+ → 8K+ down after 187 days in tier

Competes with

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Multiple Featured Images: 5K+ active installs, 4.7★ (28 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/multiple-featured-images