JSM Inherit Parent Featured Image
Inherit the featured image from the Post, Page, or Custom Post Type parent, grand-parent, great-grand-parent, etc.
5(3 reviews)
·80 active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, JSM Inherit Parent Featured Image is a WordPress image plugin with 80 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.4.33+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
5/53 reviews
80active installs
9.9K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
If no featured image has been selected for a post, page, or custom post type, this plugin will assign the first featured image found from its parent, grand-parent, great-grand-parent, etc.
The plugin makes no permanent changes – simply deactivate the plugin to disable the automatically inherited images. 😉
Coded for Performance
This plugin uses the WordPress wp_cache_get() and update_meta_cache() functions for maximum performance and fully integrate with WordPress core functionality.
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4.33+ required |
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Changelog
Version Numbering
Version components: {major}.{minor}.{bugfix}[-{stage}.{level}]
- {major} = Major structural code changes and/or incompatible API changes (ie. breaking changes).
- {minor} = New functionality was added or improved in a backwards-compatible manner.
- {bugfix} = Backwards-compatible bug fixes or small improvements.
- {stage}.{level} = Pre-production release: dev < a (alpha) < b (beta) < rc (release candidate). …
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