Title: Set All First Images As Featured Author: Lucy Tomas Published: June 25, 2014 Last modified: June 29, 2014 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/set-all-first-images-as-featured.svg) # Set All First Images As Featured By [Lucy Tomas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lucymtc/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/set-all-first-images-as-featured.1.2.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/set-all-first-images-as-featured/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/set-all-first-images-as-featured/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/set-all-first-images-as-featured/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/set-all-first-images-as-featured/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/set-all-first-images-as-featured/) ## Description Very simple plugin that will search for all the first images of your published posts, pages or custom post types and set them as the featured image. * You can choose the post type you want to run the plugin on. * Option to overwrite the already selected futured images. * Option to select From / To date. ## Installation 1. Unzip set-all-first-images-as-featured.zip 2. Upload the unziped folder `set-all-first-images-as-featured` to the `/wp-content/ plugins/` directory 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 4. Go to Tools -> First images as featured ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7acadb9c77e7ae391c4af5c0ba09525b5f6db47a67058829f68781071d1f825f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[STILL Working on 5.2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-working-on-5-2/)󠁿 [nickmanderfield](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nickmanderfield/) May 16, 2019 Got >90% of posts on 5.2 (imported 555 and ran it for one month to test, then 10- 20 months at a time to not break anything) Worked like a charm, saved me a major headache, and saved me 120 USD (someone’s selling a similar solution for that price!) Had a few false finds, not sure why, going to look into the reason eventually, maybe I’ll remember to post! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e3be9a1c488ebbe7fce94d3520debea5b132bd633817b637e0ec3431470e476d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Still Working on 5.1.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-working-on-5-1-1/)󠁿 [Decio](https://profiles.wordpress.org/decio/) April 1, 2019 Tks! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/138d957eba65e798376c8fdd6e71d093bb9b6802269b163018a0265a481eba24? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Still works (5.0.3)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-works-5-0-3/)󠁿 [Panos Sakalakis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/meymigrou/) March 8, 2019 The plugin still works and does exactly what it says. Thank you! I hope you’ll update someday. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9e98a453f31765d9f1ad67a2bda436266445b450617243c3b6fbfaf9899e8679? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[IT works on 5.0.3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-works-on-5-0-3/)󠁿 [Marc Queralt i Bassa](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcqueralt/) February 23, 2019 Thank you ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/137a22a1e45d0957f9dcc7cd2f260d851ea0abc56b19cb0c1da3604ef757d546? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Still Perfect!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-perfect-4/)󠁿 [Chazz Layne](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chazz-layne/) December 5, 2018 Four years later and (nearly) two major-version Wordpress releases later and it still works flawlessly…gotta love well-written software. Using this in conjunction with the also ancient-but-fully-functional Tumblr Importer to help fleeing Tumblr refugees migrate safely to self-hosted Wordpress. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/35400e63846c61f598b105ad432981806e28441a68b556fa87d5683df330cfa7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It works (and still works, WordPress 4.9.8)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-works-and-still-works-wordpress-4-9-8-2/)󠁿 [messaar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/messaar/) November 25, 2018 Thanx! It works (and still works, WordPress 4.9.8) and it work very fast [ Read all 23 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/set-all-first-images-as-featured/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Set All First Images As Featured” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Lucy Tomas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lucymtc/) [Translate “Set All First Images As Featured” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/set-all-first-images-as-featured) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/set-all-first-images-as-featured/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/set-all-first-images-as-featured/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/set-all-first-images-as-featured/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/set-all-first-images-as-featured/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.0 * Fixed bug on loop requests. * Added From – To dates selection. #### 1.1.1 * Added settings link to plugin overview page. * Updated translation files. #### 1.2.0 * Added future to search image tags in the editor. * Fixed bug on loop request ending to early. #### 1.2.1 * Optimize code to save the post attachment. #### 1.2.2 * Fixed bug to save attachment metadata. ## Meta * Version **1.2.2** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **700+** * WordPress version ** 3.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.9.40** * Tag * [featured images](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured-images/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/set-all-first-images-as-featured/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.6 out of 5 stars. * [ 19 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/set-all-first-images-as-featured/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/set-all-first-images-as-featured/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/set-all-first-images-as-featured/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/set-all-first-images-as-featured/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/set-all-first-images-as-featured/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/set-all-first-images-as-featured/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/set-all-first-images-as-featured/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Lucy Tomas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lucymtc/) ## Support Got something to say? 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