Featured Image Column
Adds a column to any post type edit screen with the featured image if it exists.
4.8(11 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Featured Image Column is a WordPress admin plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 11 reviews. It has been downloaded 45K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.2+ and PHP 8.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 61% this week. Top alternative: Loginizer.
4.8/511 reviews
2.0K+active installs
45K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
As of version 0.2.2 you can select which post types you’d like to have the image column.
It simply adds a column before the title (far left) the show’s the posts featured image if it’s supported and exists.
Want to change the default image? Simply filter you own image by using featured_image_column_default_image
or filter your own CSS by using the featured_image_column_css filter hook.
Example actions/filters
Add support for a custom default image
function my_custom_featured_image_column_image( $image ) {
if ( !has_post_thumbnail() ) {
return trailingslashit( get_stylesheet_directory_uri() ) . 'images/featured-image.png';
}
return $image;
}
add_filter( 'featured_image_column_default_image', 'my_custom_featured_image_column_image' );
Remove support f…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great plugin !
by kylomylo·7 years ago
Wordpress 4.9.6 and it works fine! Thanks!
great plugin and great support
by tiago·10 years ago
the plugin is just great and it has a great support!
Works like it is supposed to!
by LogoLogics·11 years ago·2 replies
Great, just what I was looking for!
Thanks!
Annie
Clever, unique!
by WebPrezence·11 years ago·1 reply
Clever, lightweight plugin that really helps me see if I’ve used a featured image twice, if the featured image accurately reflects what I’d like, to ensure an author didn’t forget to add a featured image …. works for pages and posts (and as the author says, custom post types).
I have no issues at all with the quick edit feature … no issues period. And it really fits in well with the rest of your WordPress admin. I’ll be using this on all of my domains in the future.
Thanks for making this available on the WordPress repository!
Works with WP 4.0
by cubecolour·11 years ago·1 reply
A useful and lightweight plugin which works well with WordPress 4.0 and doesn’t add a lot of overhead.
update: another reviewer mentioned that it breaks after using quick edit on a post. I tried this and it indeed does seem to have an issue with not being able to display the thumbnail immediately after using quick edit, but this seems to be rectified by selecting the menu to display the posts/pages/cpt again. It would be good if this issue could be fixed but it isn’t a showstopper.
Download Trends
Today: 11Yesterday: 4This week: 66Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.2+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | 8.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.3
49.1%
v1.1
42.8%
v0.2
8.2%
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Changelog
Version 1.1.0 (2024/11/29)
- Tested up WordPress 6.7.1.
- Added GitHub Release -> WordPress.org Action.
- Resolve 1.0.0 Release call_user_func errors and incorrect file path(s).
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