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Require Featured Image
v1.5.0Not updated in over a year
Requires content you specify to have a featured image set before they can be published.
by pressupinc · Website
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- Rank
- #3,905 24h -12 · 7d -18
- Est. installs
- 3,675 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 99K all time
- Rating
- 3.9 ★ 16 reviews
- Official installs
- 3,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 0 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- — of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 5.3.26 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
6.9 years ago
Last release
- Version
- 1.5.0
- Requires WP
- 3.5
- Requires PHP
- —
- On WP.org since
- 2013
About Require Featured Image
Require Featured Image is a WordPress plugin by pressupinc, first published on WordPress.org in 2013. It has 3,000+ active installations and 98,986 downloads in total, and ranks #3,905 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 18 places. Users rate it 3.9 out of 5 across 16 reviews. Version 1.5.0 was released 6.9 years ago; WordPress.org flags plugins that have not been updated in over a year. It is tested up to WordPress 5.3.26 and requires WordPress 3.5 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under admin, edit, featured image, images and post. Plugins with a similar focus include Custom Header Extended, SEO Friendly Images and AI WP Writer.
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