Adds advanced featured image customization with sidebar widgets and multisite support.
Alternatives to Pretty Sidebar Categories
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List the most recent posts with post titles, thumbnails, excerpts, authors, categories, dates and more!
Local WebP optimizer for WordPress. Free converts images to WebP; Pro adds AVIF and site-wide image tools.
Postlint Content Auditv1.0.0
Finds posts missing featured images, excerpts, tags, categories or alt text, plus thin content and duplicate titles, with one-click fixes.
Display a Masonry Thumbnail Grid of Featured Images, including captions and excerpts.
LS – AI Image Generatorv2.0.0
Generate AI images in WordPress using your own OpenAI/Gemini API keys. Create featured images fast with control over style and ratio.
Show any post type as a responsive gallery of featured images and titles, with pagination, anywhere via shortcode.
Kwik AIv1.1.1
Auto-tag posts, generate descriptions and excerpts, and create AI featured images. Works with Ollama, OpenRouter, OpenAI, and FAL.AI.
Automatically set a default featured image for all WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types — no more missing thumbnails, ever.
Use external image URLs for WordPress featured images and WooCommerce product images. No uploads required. FIFU PRO adds videos and galleries.