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Easy Add Thumbnail

By Samuel Aguilera

Content Management / Blog & Article Publishing

Easy Add Thumbnail Review - In-Depth Analysis

Automatically sets the featured image to the first image uploaded into the post. Simple and effective for any post type with thumbnail support.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.76/10

User Rating

4.5/5 (based on 52+ reviews)

Active Installations

7,000+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

1 / 10 (Very Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

This plugin automatically assigns the featured image to the first image uploaded in a post. It works seamlessly across any post type that supports thumbnails. Simply install and activate the plugin without needing to configure any options.

The plugin checks if a post already has a featured image. If not, it sets the featured image dynamically for old posts when they are viewed. For new content, the featured image is assigned during the publishing process.

It does not add any data to your WordPress database beyond the necessary meta key for the featured image. Ensure that at least one image is attached to the post for this plugin to function correctly.

Comparing to Alternatives

Easy Add Thumbnail is a straightforward plugin designed to automatically set featured images from the first image in posts when none is set. Compared to other similar plugins, it focuses on simplicity and ease of use.

Top alternatives

Easy Add Thumbnail

Strengths

Automatically sets featured images from the first image in posts.
Simple and easy to use with minimal configuration.
Helps maintain visual consistency in themes requiring featured images.
Clean and lightweight codebase.

Weaknesses

Lacks options to exclude certain post types without code modification.
No built-in feature to set a default image if no images are found in a post.
Limited customization features compared to more advanced plugins.

User Sentiment Analysis

User feedback highlights the plugin's effectiveness and simplicity, though some desire more customization options.

Positive highlights

'Great plugin that does what it says... Helps tremendously with magazine themes.' - wesleytech
'Really great plugin. Simple and effective. And very clean code.' - brandonjp
'Very nice, simple, super effective plugin.' - deepcore2
'Funciona a la perfección... una mejora interesante es que se pueda especificar el post-type.' - Yorsh
'Does exactly what is expected, nothing less, nothing more.' - stanilund

Common complaints

Requires code modification to exclude pages or certain post types.
No option to set a default fallback image when no images are present.
Limited control over when the featured image is set.

Weaknesses

Lack of user-friendly settings for exclusions.
No graphical interface for advanced options.
No support for default placeholder images.

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Users who want a simple, no-fuss plugin to automatically assign featured images from the first image in posts without needing advanced customization.

Not ideal for

Users who require granular control over which post types are affected or want to set default images when no images exist in posts.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version provides the core functionality of automatically adding featured images from the first image in posts, suitable for most basic needs.

Final Verdict

Easy Add Thumbnail is a reliable and straightforward solution for automatically setting featured images, ideal for users seeking simplicity and effectiveness without extra features.

However, users needing more customization or exclusion options may find it limiting and might need to consider alternative plugins or custom code.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Easy Add Thumbnail plugin.

Automatic Feature Image

Automatic Thumbnail

Featured Image

FAQ

No. This plugin uses only standard WordPress functions to set the featured image. And using this standard (and friendly) method WordPress simply has not any knowing about images not attached to the post.

If you don’t want to use Easy Add Thumbnail for your pages or any other post type, you can exclude them by simply adding a little snippet of code to your theme functions.php file before enabling the plugin.
The following example will exclude pages:

add_filter ('eat_exclude_types', 'my_excluded_types', 10, 1); function my_excluded_types ( $exclude_types ){     $exclude_types[] = 'page';      return $exclude_types; }

If you want to exclude a custom post type you need to know the value of ‘name’ used in register_post_type() function for registering that post type.
e.g. If you have a custom post type and its ‘name’ is ‘book’ the you’ll use:

add_filter ('eat_exclude_types', 'my_excluded_types', 10, 1); function my_excluded_types ( $exclude_types ){     $exclude_types[] = 'book';      return $exclude_types; }

If you want to exclude more than one post type just duplicate the $exclude_types[] line for each one.

This snippet must be added to your site BEFORE enabling Easy Add Thumbnail in your site,
if you add it later it will stop assigning the thumbnails for new posts in the excluded types after that moment, previous posts will not be modified.