Title: Featured Image Admin Thumb Author: Sean Hayes Published: December 3, 2013 Last modified: July 10, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev =969070) ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat_fcfcfc. svg) # Featured Image Admin Thumb By [Sean Hayes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/seanchayes/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat.1.6.1.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/) ## Description When active this plugin adds a column to the All Posts/All Pages and where supported the All Custom Post Type admin views. This column, “Thumb”, will display a thumbnail of the featured image or post thumbnail so you can easily determine the content that is missing an image. You can also make inline edits that allow you to change the thumb/image from the All Posts/All Pages/All Custom Post Type view without having to edit the post. Now the plugin is translatable. Using tools such as Poedit along with localized / international versions of WordPress, FIAT can display user supplied translations of its text. ### Updates ## Screenshots [⌊This shows the Thumb column in the All Pages/Posts admin view and in this case a thumbnail is available and shown. There would be a blank space if no thumbnail was found for the post or page.⌉⌊This shows the Thumb column in the All Pages/Posts admin view and in this case a thumbnail is available and shown. There would be a blank space if no thumbnail was found for the post or page.⌉[ This shows the Thumb column in the All Pages/Posts admin view and in this case a thumbnail is available and shown. There would be a blank space if no thumbnail was found for the post or page. [⌊If the column is not showing in your All Posts/Pages view this shows you where you can check to see that the "Thumb" column is selected to be displayed⌉⌊If the column is not showing in your All Posts/Pages view this shows you where you can check to see that the "Thumb" column is selected to be displayed⌉[ If the column is not showing in your All Posts/Pages view this shows you where you can check to see that the “Thumb” column is selected to be displayed [⌊Shows the change icon located next to a featured image/thumb indicating it can be changed inline without having to edit the content item first⌉⌊Shows the change icon located next to a featured image/thumb indicating it can be changed inline without having to edit the content item first⌉[ Shows the change icon located next to a featured image/thumb indicating it can be changed inline without having to edit the content item first [⌊Shows the default display when no sorting is set on the thumb column⌉⌊Shows the default display when no sorting is set on the thumb column⌉[ Shows the default display when no sorting is set on the thumb column [⌊Shows the thumb column when sorted ascending⌉⌊Shows the thumb column when sorted ascending⌉[ Shows the thumb column when sorted ascending [⌊Shows the thumb column when sorted descending⌉⌊Shows the thumb column when sorted descending⌉[ Shows the thumb column when sorted descending ## Installation #### Using The WordPress Dashboard 1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard 2. Search for ‘featured-image-admin-thumb’ 3. Click ‘Install Now’ 4. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard #### Uploading in WordPress Dashboard 1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard 2. Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area 3. Select `featured-image-admin-thumb.zip` from your computer 4. Click ‘Install Now’ 5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard 6. Consider using a thumbnail re-generator to create specific thumbnails for the All Posts/Pages admin views #### Using FTP 1. Download `featured-image-admin-thumb.zip` 2. Extract the `featured-image-admin-thumb` directory to your computer 3. Upload the `featured-image-admin-thumb` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard ## FAQ ### You don’t see the thumb column and the thumbnails in that column After checking that the plugin is enabled, be sure to click Screen Options if you don’t immediately see the column and ensure “Thumb” has a checkmark next to it ### My thumbnail column shows posts with blank areas in the thumb column During testing I found that if a post has a featured image assigned but does not show a thumbnail it was because the image file is missing it will show up blank within the sorted posts that do show thumbnails ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fc4f372252c4982c94ac51621df37c8200c5c1b88e25be01f8ddcadae1891190? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-40448/)󠁿 [kierancalv](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kierancalv/) April 28, 2025 Great plugin, works perfectly 🙂 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d178e4e36fa08b82e0bb105bcf1d86185cf9f09587826e071a26679d8084bed9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[very handy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-handy-311/)󠁿 [datto510](https://profiles.wordpress.org/datto510/) November 10, 2024 this plugin is really helpful, especially when viewing on PC ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c00d5de7fdcf70f8b7620cefb0df0018272bd68f9e9c5aee62f356edad0f0a03? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very helpful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-helpful-1472/)󠁿 [iworks (Marcin Pietrzak)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iworks/) August 16, 2024 Awesome and simple! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a1b33378077ddc9cf338bd004eb7c48c0a565320869aeecfab6adf7625790398? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-38335/)󠁿 [Avrom](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dividendninja/) January 22, 2024 1 reply Good job. Allows me to easily see which posts have a featured image or not in the admin screen. The “Set featured image” link for posts that don’t – is a real time saver. Well done!P.S. Bonus would be if you could choose the column to display “ Thumb” as it would be nice in the first or third column of the admin screen. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb0b583db27150e8415ee88c42001e8411d676159acbec584683f8a5e28332e6? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very useful !](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-3389/)󠁿 [Alexandre Gaboriau](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mcurly/) December 1, 2023 This plugin is very useful for me on many WordPress websites. Thanks for it! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9f8f099065ceffe62bc40ed22f624d99fcc084ef2b9dc9b656923fe2f0899a11? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Worked perfectly, saved me some time](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/worked-perfectly-saved-me-some-time/)󠁿 [Topher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/topher1kenobe/) January 9, 2023 This plugin did exactly what I wanted. It showed me in my admin list which posts didn’t have an image and let me click a link right there inline to add the right one. Nailed it. Couldn’t be happier. [ Read all 40 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Featured Image Admin Thumb” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Sean Hayes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/seanchayes/) “Featured Image Admin Thumb” has been translated into 7 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Featured Image Admin Thumb” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog 1.6.1 (2025-04-26) * Addresses Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly issues reported in the following threads in the support forum [Bug report for latest updates (WordPress 6.8, FIAT 1.6)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-report-for-latest-updates-wordpress-6-8-fiat-1-6/) [Error Notices for Featured Image Admin Thumb After WordPress 6.7.1 Update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-notices-for-featured-image-admin-thumb-after-wordpress-6-7-1-update/) 1.6 (2021-03-30) * Addresses plugin conflict when using Gutenberg editor and ACF [Conflict with ACF](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-acf-11/) 1.5.3 (2019-07-01) * Addresses thumb column dislay issue with EDD Frontend Submissions [Plugin not working with EDD](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-with-edd/) 1.5.2 (2018-09-26) * Addresses an issue where in Excerpt view where the displayed thumbnail did not represent the thumbnail in the post. Switching to List view, however, the thumbnail showed correctly. * Fix for support request [odd thumb behavior in excerpt view:](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/odd-thumb-behavior-in-excerpt-view/) 1.5.1 (2018-08-31) * Add thumb column to EDD Downloads. Use filter (documented in 1.4.2 release) if you want to exclude thumb column in EDD Downloads. Code linting. 1.5.0 (2018-06-21) * Ability to sort featured image thumbnail column. You can easily see the content that has a featured image, displays no featured image or has no featured image assigned to it. * Posts that have not had a featured image assigned will show up as Set featured image 1.4.4 (2017-11-22) * Restoring an accidental PHP specific array definition to be compatible with earlier PHP versions 1.4.3 (2017-11-8) * A general tidy up release * Code tidy up, removal of unneeded definitions and legacy unused functions * Correcting return variables * Adjust ` fiat_thumb` image size to be square and have a centered crop **you might** need to regenerate thumbnails if there are visual inconsistencies with thumbnails. * Escaping in markup has been improved 1.4.2 (2017-5-15) * Updated list of default excluded post types * Page post type is now included by default hopefully fixing [this support query:](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/4-7-changed-the-flow-odd-use/)* Added filter “fiat/restrict_post_types” * Example filter usage `add_filter( 'fiat/ restrict_post_types', 'your_theme_name_restrict_post_types' );` then create a function` your_theme_name_restrict_post_types` to modify and return and array of post_types to exclude 1.4.1 (2016-6-9) * Bug fix when checking sizes and removal of pencil based on support feedback 1.4 (2015-11-16) * Language translation functionality added 1.3.6 (2015-10-29) * Removed post check inadvertently included from another branch and was restricting display of thumbnail column 1.3.5 (2015-10-28) * Check if WooCommerce is installed and if so adjust column output on WooCommerce product post type page [reported here thank you:](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-woocommerce-25) 1.3.4 (2015-08-14) * Check if sizes is an array before looping over it as [reported here:](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-cure-sql-corruption) to prevent PHP error display * Updated stable tag 1.3.3 (2015-02-04) * Additional excluded post type * Markup and JS to support showing the selected thumbnail in the media uploader 1.3.2 (2015-02-04) * Minor improvement to code that attaches FIAT column handler to Posts, Pages and other taxonomy screens * Inclusion of fix from [here:](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/would-like-to-see-media-category-sort) that allows filters from other plugins to work 1.3.1 (2014-07-24) * Adding in missing Genericons. 1.3 (2014-07-15) * Added highlighting on images in All Post/All Pages/All Custom Post Type screens – displaying an edit icon that when clicked can change the featured image inline without having to edit the relevant content item 1.2 * Add custom media uploader (css and js) support for all registered and active custom post types 1.1 * Improved sizing logic when displaying existing thumbnails 1.0.2 * Updated logic to detect best thumbnail size to use 1.0.1 * Added thumbnail size check to use default “thumbnail” if bundled “fiat_thumb” is not available for some images 1.0 * First version ## Meta * Version **1.6.1** * Last updated **3 weeks ago** * Active installations **20,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.5.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.2** * PHP version ** 7.0 or higher ** * Languages * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/), [Danish](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/), [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/), [Polish](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/), [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://br.wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/), and [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat) * Tags * [featured image](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured-image/)[featured thumbnail](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured-thumbnail/) [post thumbnail](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-thumbnail/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars. * [ 37 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 3 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-image-admin-thumb-fiat/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Sean Hayes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/seanchayes/) ## Support Got something to say? 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