Display Featured Image for Genesis
This plugin works within the Genesis Framework, to display featured images in beautiful and dynamic ways.
4.9(33 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 years agoAs of April 2026, Display Featured Image for Genesis is a WordPress banner plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 33 reviews. It has been downloaded 86K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.2+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 13% this week. Top alternative: CookieAdmin – Cookie Consent Banner.
4.9/533 reviews
1.0K+active installs
86K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
This plugin takes a different approach to how we use and display featured images for posts and pages. Instead of simply reusing an image which already exists in the post/page content, the plugin anticipates that you will want to use lovely large images for your featured images, but to do so intelligently. Depending on what you upload, the plugin will:
- display the image as a banner (screen width) image if the image is wider than your site’s Large Media Setting.
- display the image above your post/page content, centered and up to the width of the content, if your image is larger than your Medium Media Setting, and less than or equal to your Large Media Setting.
- display nothing if your featured image width is less than or equal to your Medium Media Setting.
- display a default featured im…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Thank you!
by michelleoverby·7 years ago
I’m a new WordPress.org user (using Genesis with Altitude Pro) and this plug-in worked exactly how I needed it to. Thank you! 🙂
Works like promised
by gols·7 years ago
Works very well with my Genesis child theme (MemberSonic)
And Robin, the plugin maker, is very helpful and responsive to any questions.
Not what I was expecting
by stevemayall·8 years ago·5 replies
I was led to believe I could add a featured image below my post title. But after trying to configure the plugin found I’d need to add additional code to my functions.php which is what I was trying to avoid by using a plugin.
- This topic was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by stevemayall.
- This topic was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by stevemayall.
Great plugin
by Enrique J. Ros·8 years ago
Absolutelly amazing, very nice. I used to do this via hooks, but I’ll use this plugin from now on. Thank you.
Awesome plugin, awesome response
by senordeer·8 years ago
This is a fantastic plugin since full-width images are so popular these days but not everyone wants a parallax theme. Works great, but Robin responded immediately to a question in the support forum, I hope she keeps building plugins, she’s a total rockstar.
Download Trends
Today: 3Yesterday: 6This week: 27Period total: 1K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.2+ requiredTested up to 6.4.8 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.2
93.2%
Other
6.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
3.2.3
- updated: PHP 8 compatibility
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