Inserts an image from a page you link to at the start of your blog post. A simple algorithm tries to get a "main content" image, not an ad.
As of April 2026, WP-Auto Image Grabber is a WordPress images plugin with 20 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 4.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Autoptimize.
Inserts an image from a page you link to at the start of your blog post. A simple algorithm tries to get a “main content” image (rather than an advertisement), automatically providing your post with relevant, attributed artwork. This is especially useful for bloggers who syndicate posts to sites like Facebook or Digg, which use the first image in a post as a thumbnail for their post.
This plugin requires PHP 5; sites running on PHP 4 will produce fatal errors.
By default, the plugin will follow the first link in your blog post and grab what it thinks is an appropriate main content image from there. If your posts follow a particular structure or pattern, you can tell the plugin to follow a certain link (such as a link with a particular class) by setting the Pointer element for…
| WordPress | 2.6+ requiredTested up to 3.1.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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