JSM Inherit Parent Featured Image

Version Information

  • Plugin Name: JSM Inherit Parent Featured Image
  • Stable Version: 2.1.1
  • Author: JS Morisset
  • Description: Inherit the featured image from the Post, Page, or Custom Post Type parent, grand-parent, great-grand-parent, etc.
  • License: GPLv3
  • Requires PHP: 7.2.34 or newer
  • Requires WordPress: 5.8 or newer
  • Tested Up To WordPress: 6.4.2
  • Last Updated: 2 months ago

If no featured image has been selected for a post, page, or custom post type, this plugin will assign the first featured image found from its parent, grand-parent, great-grand-parent, etc.

The plugin makes no permanent changes - simply deactivate the plugin to disable the automatically inherited images. ;-)

Coded for Performance

This plugin uses the WordPress wp_cache_get() and update_meta_cache() functions for maximum performance and fully integrate with WordPress core functionality.

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3 comments on “JSM Inherit Parent Featured Image

  1. Rated 5 out of 5

    This light weight plugin does the job and saved my hairs of PHP newbie, searching how to share parent page featured image with child pages.
    It shares in cascad too : parent page > child > child…
    Thanks to the author!

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