Featured Image Reminder will display a confirmation dialog box if you press the Publish button and the post doesn't have a featured image.
As of April 2026, Featured Image Reminder is a WordPress publish plugin with 30 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.9.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Publish To Apple News.
Featured Image Reminder came about because some forgetful blogger (me) had a site where featured images were important and he kept publishing blog posts without the featured image being prepared.
When the plugin is installed and activated, and you try to publish a post without a featured image, a dialog box will appear asking if you really want to do that.
| WordPress | 2.9.0+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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