Category Featured Images is the #111 ranked post app on WordPress, with a 4.5 average rating from 11 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Category Featured Images is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Mat. With a rating of 4.5★ from 11 reviews, it currently ranks #111 in the Post category.
AppRanks data: Category Featured Images ranks #111 in Post on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 19% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from live marketplace data — refreshed daily
Category Featured Images is a highly rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Post category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 11 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.5★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Mat — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (11) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Category Featured Images works
This plugin allows to set a featured image for each category.
Posts without a featured image set will show the category’s featured image instead.
Featured images usually are placed by the theme in the single post page, in the latest posts page, etc.
But can also be shown using the shortcode [cfi_featured_image] or the PHP function cfi_featured_image(). To get the featured image URL I added the function cfi_featured_image_url().
Shortcode/PHP function optional arguments:
‘size’: ‘thumbnail’, ‘medium’, ‘large’, ‘full’
‘class’: class of the image tag
‘alt’: alternative text of the image tag
‘title’: title of the image tag
‘cat_id’: select a specific category id
Shortcode example:
[cfi_featured_image size="large" title="This is a test..." class="my-image" alt="My image"]
Function example 1:
cfi_featured_image( array( 'size' => 'large', 'title' => 'This is a test...', 'class' => 'my-image', 'alt' => 'My image' ) );
Function example 2:
cfi_featured_image_url( array( 'size' => 'large' ) );
Notes:
If a post has more than a category with a featured image the first available is loaded
If a category hasn’t a featured image but it has a parent category with a featured image the parent one is loaded
Category rankings
As of Sep 8, 2026- Post#111of 585Top 19%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where Category Featured Images stands in the Post category
Category Featured Images ranks #111 of 585 apps in the Post category, placing it in the top 19% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Category Featured Images?
Category Featured Images is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.5-star rating from 11 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Post category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Mat.
Who uses Category Featured Images?
Currently around 600 active stores have installed Category Featured Images. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Post category on WordPress.
Where does Category Featured Images rank on WordPress?
Category Featured Images currently sits at position #111 in the Post category on WordPress. That places it in the top 19% of 585 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.