SNY Auto Featured Image automatically sets featured images for your WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types. Extract from content, use external URLs, set category defaults, or bulk-preview and apply to existing posts.
Why Choose SNY Auto Featured Image?
Never publish a post without a featured image again. This lightweight plugin automatically assigns featured images based on your custom rules whenever you publish or update content.
Key Features
- Conditional Image Rules – Set specific images based on post type, category, tag, or post status.
- Multiple Image Sources – Choose from Media Library, extract the first image from post content, or use an external image URL.
- Video Thumbnail Extraction – Automatically detects embedded YouTube and Vimeo videos and extracts their thumbnails.
- Safe Sideloading – Optionally download and save external images directly to your WordPress Media Library.
- Bulk Preview & Apply – Dry-run preview of thumbnail assignments with detailed reasons before applying up to 50 posts at a time.
- Admin Post List Column – View featured image thumbnails directly from your post and page listing tables with configurable sizes.
- Non-Destructive & Smart Overwrite – Preserve existing hand-set thumbnails or selectively overwrite when needed.
- Lightweight & Fast – Built with native WordPress APIs, no bloat, and minimal database queries.
Quick Setup
- Go to Settings > SNY AFI
- In the Image Rules tab, add a rule selecting your image source (Media Library, First Image in Content, or External URL).
- Choose your target post types, categories, or tags.
- Visit Bulk Operations to preview and apply to existing posts, or simply publish new content!
Perfect For
- Bloggers – Ensure consistent thumbnails across all posts
- News Sites – Never have a missing image in article feeds
- WooCommerce Stores – Default product images for quick imports
- Developers – Clean solution for client sites
Documentation & Support
For detailed guides and support, visit sanny.dev.
Found a bug or have a feature request? Open an issue on GitHub.
More WordPress Plugins
Check out our other WordPress plugins at sanny.dev/plugins.
Screenshots
Image Rules: Configure conditional rules with Media Library, first image extraction, and taxonomy filters.
Bulk Preview: Interactive dry-run preview showing current vs proposed thumbnails and match reasons.
Settings: Configure post list thumbnail preview column and customize thumbnail sizes.
Post Listing: Featured image thumbnail column displaying visual previews directly on the Posts screen.