by CK MacLeod 4.4 (7 reviews)

Category Featured Images Extended

Name: Category Featured Images Extended
Rating: 4.4 (7 reviews)
Author: CK MacLeod

Set images for categories and tags, especially for fallback post thumbnails or featured images.

Category Featured Images Extended ranks #9,607 among WordPress.org plugins with 400+ active installations, is #1,050 of 6,299 in the Media category, a 4.4/5 rating from 7 reviews, and was last updated Sep 7, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.8 (Current: 7.1)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 9 years ago Last Update on 07 Sep, 2017

Refreshed 14 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,050 of 6,299 in Media Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Active Installs

400+

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Downloads

9.8K

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Rating

88%

Review 4.4 out of 5

4.4 (7 reviews)

Next Milestone 500

Total Progress 64%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.4

7 reviews

Overall 88%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Sep 22, 2025 UNPATCHED

Category Featured Images Extended [category-featured-images-extended] <= 1.52 (unfixed)

CVE-2025-57920 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Sep 07, 2017
Requires WP: 3.5.0+
Tested Up To: 4.8
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: CK MacLeod

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.4
Reviews: 7
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

CK MacLeod categories category featured image featured image thumbnail

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners and developers who want category and tag archive pages, widgets, and post thumbnails to always show an image. It solves the problem of missing featured images by falling back to category, tag, or parent category images, and finally to a designated global fallback image.