Automatically Set Featured Images
This minimalistic WordPress plugin looks for posts that are lacking a featured image, it pulls the first image inside the post content and assigns it as the featured image. No premium version required, no bs.
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Install
This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.
Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:
wp plugin install https://github.com/nextab/automatically-set-featured-images/archive/refs/heads/main.zipNo built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.