Forces Title, Content, Featured Image and Category before publishing posts/pages in Gutenberg.
Alternatives to CS Require featured image to publish posts
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Automatically set a default featured image for all WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types — no more missing thumbnails, ever.
Local WebP optimizer for WordPress. Free converts images to WebP; Pro adds AVIF and site-wide image tools.
Adds the featured image attached to posts to the beginning of the post content and excerpt in RSS feeds.
Generate smart, contextual AI featured images for your WordPress posts automatically or on-demand using Pollinations.ai.
AI Post Visualizerv1.2.0
AI Post Visualizer allows you to generate and manage AI-powered featured images for your WordPress posts using OpenAI image generation (DALL·E).
PublishDonev0.4.31
Automatically generate featured and social (OGP) images when you publish WordPress posts, via the PublishDone cloud service.
WP Remote Thumbnailv1.3.2
A small lightweight plugin to set external/remote images as post thumbnail/featured image.
Automatically set missing featured images from the first image or a YouTube, Vimeo or Dailymotion video in your content.
Adds inline thumbnail image to admin columns on Post/post types view (where supported). Click to easily set/change the featured image.