Really Simple Featured Image: Automatic Featured Images

Really Simple Featured Image keeps your posts and pages visually consistent by filling in missing featured images automatically. When you update or publish posts, pages, and CPTs, the plugin inspects the editor content and assigns the first available image or streaming video thumbnail as the featured image – no extra clicks required.

Key Features

• Automatically sets the featured image when one is not provided.
• Detects inline images from blocks, classic editor markup, builders, and srcset/background sources.
• Fetches thumbnails from YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion embeds when you prefer video covers.
• Lets you enable or disable automation per post type that supports featured images.
• Respects existing featured images and runs quietly in the background.

How It Works

1. Choose the default source (images in content or video thumbnails) from JetixWP -> Auto Featured Image.
2. Select which post types should receive automatic featured images.
3. Save or update a post – if it has no featured image, the plugin will attach the first match it finds.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.0 or newer.
• PHP 8.0 or newer.

External Services

This plugin connects to third-party video platform APIs to retrieve video thumbnails when you choose “Video in Post Content” as your default source. These connections only occur when a post is saved or updated and contains an embedded video from one of the supported platforms.

YouTube

When a YouTube video is detected in your post content, the plugin sends the video ID to YouTube’s oEmbed API to retrieve the video title and thumbnail URL.

• Data sent: YouTube video ID.
• When: On post save/update if the post has no featured image and contains a YouTube embed.
• Service provider: Google LLC.
• Terms of Service & Privacy Policy

Vimeo

When a Vimeo video is detected in your post content, the plugin sends the video ID to Vimeo’s API to retrieve the video title and thumbnail URL.

• Data sent: Vimeo video ID.
• When: On post save/update if the post has no featured image and contains a Vimeo embed.
• Service provider: Vimeo, Inc.
• Terms of Service & Privacy Policy

Dailymotion

When a Dailymotion video is detected in your post content, the plugin sends the video ID to Dailymotion’s API to retrieve the video title and thumbnail URL.

• Data sent: Dailymotion video ID.
• When: On post save/update if the post has no featured image and contains a Dailymotion embed.
• Service provider: Dailymotion SA.
• Terms of Service & Privacy Policy