RSS Featured Image

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1. ★★★★★ Marian Savu

   2.0y ago

   Superb plugin, does the job perfectly, no cluttering. Just install and activate, perfect!

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2. ★★★★★ Developer zahir

   2.1y ago

   I am planning to create a WordPress automation to automatically share blog posts. However, I have been unable to find a solution that displays the featured image of the post. I found this plugin that seems to offer the solution, but I noticed a message stating: “Warning: This plugin has not been tested with your current version of WordPress.” Is it safe to use this plugin?

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3. ★★★★★ CoffeeandTango

   2.2y ago

   Install, Activate, and Voila! Only problem is image size, which I followed the advice at the Arts Hacker site to easily fix in Mailchimp. Just search for Mailchimp image fix.

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4. ★★★★★ Fabio Perri

   2.5y ago

   There is really little to add to the title of this review other than to congratulate the Developer Mr. Jordy Meow. As mentioned in the title of this review, the RSS Featured Image plugin is really well designed and coded, it also turns out to be very streamlined, lightweight and packed with lots of features and most importantly it works perfectly (mind you, do not confuse the errors that can be caused by an incompatibility with obsolete versions of PHP, because using the updated versions of PHP and supported by this plugin, although I have been using this plugin for a long time, I have not yet encountered any errors in this plugin).Basically, with RSS Featured Image, this simple but very powerful WordPress plugin, you can add the featured image in your RSS feed , it also works with Mailchimp and without any impact on the user interface and overall performance of WordPress. Oh I forgot… it is completely free! To finish I still give my compliments to the Developer Mr. Jordy Meow and I can only recommend you to try it because it is really an Excellent plugin for WordPress and I am very proud to have completely translated it into Italian! Greetings and have a nice day.

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5. ★★★★★ axyl

   2.8y ago

   Works great and with the filter for setting image size, is perfect for working with MailChimp RSS automation.

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6. ★★★★★ Justin W. Wheeler

   2.9y ago

   The RSS feed of my personal blog is important for me as an open source software contributor. This plugin makes sure that RSS consumers of my blog get a first-class experience. I love this plugin because it is lightweight and does exactly what I need without adding bloat. Thanks for maintaining it and keeping this up-to-date!

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7. ★★★★★ Alexander S. Kunz

   4.1y ago

   This plugin has worked for me for a really long time, and still works just fine with the current WordPress 6.0.1 (as expected). Thanks for a simple & effective way to add Featured Images to WP that stays in the background, doing its job. Much appreciated.

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8. ★★★★★ sfoskett

   4.9y ago

   Just like the big bloated famous one that’s promoted with affiliate links, this one simply adds an image to your RSS feed. I’m still using it with WP 5.8 and it works fine.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.0.6 Update: WordPress 6+. Info: This plugin has currently no visibility on the WordPress Repository. If you like it, for its survival, do not hesitate to share a little review here . 1.0.6
2. — Version 1.0.5 Update: WordPress 5.0. 1.0.5
3. — Version 1.0.0 Add: Filter to choose the size. 1.0.0
4. — Version 0.0.1 First release. 0.0.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.1

Translated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-02-22 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2025-02-19 2K+ → 3K+ up after 3 days in tier
3. 2025-02-16 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2025-02-14 2K+ → 3K+ up after 7 days in tier
5. 2025-02-07 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2025-02-05 2K+ → 3K+ up after 3 days in tier
7. 2025-02-02 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
8. 2025-01-31 2K+ → 3K+ up after 4 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★ · 3 shared tags A
• Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• A AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Hide Featured Image 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Featured Video Plus 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D
• Kama Thumbnail 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D

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RSS Featured Image: 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (23 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/rss-featured-image