Is Category Thumbnail free?

Yes, Category Thumbnail is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Category Thumbnail?

Category Thumbnail has 40 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Category Thumbnail alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Category Thumbnail include Header and Footer Scripts, Post Type Switcher, Post Duplicator. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Category Thumbnail work with the latest WordPress?

Category Thumbnail has been tested up to WordPress 4.2.39. It requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+.

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Category Thumbnail

Name: Category Thumbnail
Author: Pat Hawks

Adds shortcode [catthumb] to embed a thumbnail image for a category.

By Pat Hawks·Post·Free

·40 active installs·Updated 11 years ago

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As of April 2026, Category Thumbnail is a WordPress post plugin with 40 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 10.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Header and Footer Scripts.

0/5Rating

40active installs

10.0K+total downloads

15 yearssince 2011

Overview

[catthumb id=”CategoryID” link=”true”] will find the most recent post in the specified Category with a featured image and return the thumbnail for that image. If link=”true” is specified, the image will link to the category specified.

You can optionally search custom post types with the post_type attribute, and specify the thumbnail size with the size attribute. IE [catthumb id="CategoryID" link="true" post_type="restaurants" size="full"]

The plugin will only search featured images, not attached images. It will not look for images embedded in the post itself, or other attached images. If a category does not have any posts with featured images, this plugin will not return a thumbnail image, even if the category has posts with attached images.

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