Taxonomy Thumbnail

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1. ★★★★★ Jennifer Eileen

   6.6y ago

   It works in WordPress 5+

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2. ★★★★★ rahadur

   7.4y ago

   Life saver plugins for me. I am new in WordPress REST API development & Plugin development. +10 for support all of my Custom Terms automatically. It will be great for this plugins that it return media attachment url instead return html. Thank You.

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3. ★★★★★ wpSpade

   9.2y ago

   Cool work! Actually, I include it to suggested plugins selection for every my theme 🙂

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4. ★★★★★ Julio Potier

   9.6y ago

   So easy to use, writing this review takes longer than using and understanding the plugin. *****

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5. ★★★★★ chomachomachoma

   10.4y ago

   Allows developers to easily extend thumb functionality for custom post types and custom taxonomies. Lots of great options, easy to work with, and good documentation. Thanks!

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6. ★★★★★ bphosseini

   10.4y ago

   Thanks.

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7. ★★★★★ Jean-David Daviet

   10.7y ago

   Thanks, it works greatly !

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8. ★★★★★ eSaner

   10.7y ago

   Much better than all the alternatives. Should be considered for core. Works great in 4.4.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.3 2016/05/30 The plugin now works with svg files (using svg files require an adequate plugin). Improved code docs. 1.3
2. — Version 1.2.2 2016/05/30 Fixed a bug that prevented the use of SVG as thumbnail. 1.2.2
3. — Version 1.2.1 2016/01/31 Bugfix in uninstallation process: term metas wouldn’t be deleted with the new WordPress API. Props Ghislain Phu. 1.2.1
4. — Version 1.2 2015/11/01 Ready for WordPress 4.4: the plugin will use the new term metas API and will no longer use Meta for Taxonomies plugin. Developers, be aware that with WP 4.4+ the template tags do not use term_taxonomy_id anymo 1.2
5. — Version 1.1 2015/09/20 Move the thumbnail column after the term name. Since WP 4.3 there is a concept of primary column : if the thumbnail is not displayed AFTER this primary column (the term name), it will break the row layout on s 1.1
6. — Version 1.0 2015/06/11 Initial release. 1.0

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

Translated into 20 languages, 4 at 90% or more · development strings

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-04-30 4K+ → 3K+ down after 390 days in tier
2. 2025-04-05 5K+ → 4K+ down after 471 days in tier
3. 2023-12-21 6K+ → 5K+ down

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).

• Taxonomy Images 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
• Category Icon 2K+ installs · 3.3★ · 3 shared tags B
• Search & Filter 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• A AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A

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Taxonomy Thumbnail: 3K+ active installs, 5.0★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/sf-taxonomy-thumbnail