Manage featured images in bulk

Quick Featured Images Pro lets you set, replace, or remove featured images across selected posts, pages, and supported custom post types. Choose one image or assign several in random order. For existing featured images, you can overwrite them or keep them unchanged; keeping them is the default. You can also limit an action to content without a featured image.

When assigning several images, select whether each image can be used only once. If there are more posts than selected images, the remaining posts can stay unchanged, or you can remove excess featured images after the selected images have been used.

Choose image sources and filters

Set the first available image as a featured image using the first post image already in the media library, the first image from the current website, or the first external post image. Images from the current site can be copied into the media library, and external images can be downloaded there. Other sources include the first attached image, the first image in a standard WordPress gallery, an embedded content thumbnail such as a YouTube thumbnail, or the first image in a NextGen Gallery.

Filters narrow each bulk action to the content you intend to change. Filter by post type, category, tag, post format, author, custom taxonomy, featured image size, audio or video files, search term, status, time, or parent page. Search can match the post title and content or the title alone.

Set defaults for future posts

Create rules that assign a default featured image when a post is created or saved. Rules can use post properties such as category, tag, author, post type, and custom taxonomy. Pro also works with multiple random images, external images, post format, title search strings, a user defined rule order, and random featured images at each page load. Choose an image, set the rule conditions, then save the rule. Existing featured images can be kept or overwritten when a post is saved; keeping them is the default.

Make individual changes from content lists

A sortable featured image column shows assigned images in post, page, and supported custom post type lists. Use its links to set, replace, edit, or remove an image without leaving the list. The media library column can display which posts use each image as a featured image. You can also remove database entries for featured images whose image files no longer exist.

Review bulk changes before applying them

Select an action, image source, filters, and settings, then review the matching content before confirming the change. Bulk actions have no undo function, so check the target list and selected options before you proceed.