Title: Drag & Drop Featured Image Improved Author: wpgenie2 Published: February 16, 2023 Last modified: May 21, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/assets/banner-772x250.png? rev=3529743) ![](https://ps.w.org/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev =3511662) # Drag & Drop Featured Image Improved By [wpgenie2](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpgenie2/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/drag-drop-featured-image-improved.2.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/) ## Description Drag & Drop Featured Image Improved is a plugin made to save you time when setting a featured image. What it does is simple, it replaces the default “Set featured image” metabox with a new one containing a Plupload drop area just like the one found in the media uploader. Based on Jonathan Lundström work and improved a little bit. Since it uses the default WordPress functions it will compress all sizes just as the regular upload method would and it also respects any custom image sizes. ## Screenshots [⌊The metabox without image attached.⌉⌊The metabox without image attached.⌉[ The metabox without image attached. [⌊The metabox with an image attached.⌉⌊The metabox with an image attached.⌉[ The metabox with an image attached. [⌊Options panel to customize plugin settings.⌉⌊Options panel to customize plugin settings.⌉[ Options panel to customize plugin settings. ## Installation To perform a manual install, do the following: 1. Upload the ‘drag-and-featured’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Configure the plugin through the Options => Featured Image options panel ## FAQ ### How do I select an image from the Media Library? To select an image from the Media Library, simple use the regular button above the content editor, or the one provided in the uploader. All methods have been rewritten to use the native implementations. ### Which image file formats extensions are currently supported? The current formats that are supported are WEBP, JPG (JPEG), PNG and GIF ### If I have some feature requests, where can I turn to? You can get in touch via https://wpgenie.org ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fdef81031fa6b721da8df91239409f2225b3bcfc146b8ddccf37d4b72771b303? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Plugin works well.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-works-well-26/)󠁿 [veggie_89](https://profiles.wordpress.org/veggie_89/) September 10, 2024 I had a ton of staff set up as a custom post type and this plugin made it much quicker to add their photos to each post. Had a few issues initially but the developer kindly responded with a fix within a few days. 🙂 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Drag & Drop Featured Image Improved” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ wpgenie2 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpgenie2/) [Translate “Drag & Drop Featured Image Improved” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/drag-drop-featured-image-improved) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.0 * Add – avif support #### 1.0.4 * Fix – optimizations #### 1.0.3 * Fix – plugin settings page * Fix – option saving issue #### 1.0.2 * Fix – sanitize_meta * Fix – Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property #### 1.0.1 * Versions * HPOS compatibility #### 1.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **2.0** * Last updated **1 month ago** * Active installations **50+** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * Tags * [featured image](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured-image/)[image](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image/) [metabox](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/metabox/)[replacement](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/replacement/) [upload](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/upload/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/drag-drop-featured-image-improved/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ wpgenie2 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpgenie2/) ## Support Got something to say? 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