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Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages

Name: Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages
Rating: 4.8 (38 reviews)
Author: cyrillbolliger

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by cyrillbolligerupdated 2026-05-03✨The Quiet Achiever

Pure relief for anyone tired of fighting CSS for a single image.

Healthy

86/100

It solves a specific niche problem with a simple checkbox. Theme compatibility varies.

Loved32/40

Trustworthy14/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum7/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

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// Save a post meta flag to hide the featured image on singular views.
add_action( 'post_submitbox_misc_actions', function() {
    global $post;
    wp_nonce_field( 'hide_featured_image', 'hfi_nonce' );
    $checked = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_hide_featured_image', true );
    echo '<div class="misc-pub-section"><label><input type="checkbox" name="hide_featured_image" value="1" ' . checked( $checked, '1', false ) . '> Hide featured image on singular view</label></div>';
} );

add_action( 'save_post', function( $post_id ) {
    if ( ! isset( $_POST['hfi_nonce'] ) || ! wp_verify_nonce( $_POST['hfi_nonce'], 'hide_featured_image' ) ) return;
    if ( defined( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE' ) && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) return;
    if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id ) ) return;
    update_post_meta( $post_id, '_hide_featured_image', isset( $_POST['hide_featured_image'] ) ? '1' : '' );
} );

// Filter out the thumbnail when the flag is set on a singular page/post.
add_filter( 'post_thumbnail_html', function( $html ) {
    if ( is_singular() && in_the_loop() && get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_hide_featured_image', true ) === '1' ) {
        return '';
    }
    return $html;
} );

Keep in mind:The snippet only hides the thumbnail inside the loop; themes loading it outside the loop need an additional check, and the block editor checkbox requires a separate JS/meta-box approach.

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Active installs

~35,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+

Rating

4.8★

38 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+1%

Holding steady

91 → 92 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Holding steady · +1% in the last year

91/day a year ago→92/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

This niche plugin is well-regarded for its simplicity in conditionally hiding featured images on singular posts while keeping them visible in listing views, though it has known compatibility gaps with certain themes and does not support social media meta image use cases.

What people like

+Simple, plug-and-play operation — a single checkbox is all that is needed×6
+Hides the featured image on the singular post/page while keeping it visible in post listing and thumbnail views×4
+Works correctly on several named themes (Minimalist Newspaper, Neve Pro, and others)×3
+Solves a problem that CSS alone sometimes cannot fix×2

Common complaints

−Does not work at all with certain themes — checking the box has no visible effect×3
−Does not hide the featured image from social media (Open Graph / Facebook) meta tags — only hides it on the page itself, which is not what some users expect
−Some themes leave an empty placeholder area or title block where the image was, rather than collapsing the space cleanly
−Reported breakage where the featured image cannot be saved once the checkbox is ticked, and the image displays at full size regardless
−Requires custom code workaround to function on Genesis framework themes
−No built-in option to default the hide setting to on for all posts — must be set per post

Review trustReviews look organic

4.81★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
5%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 38 total

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Latest reviews · 38 analyzed

2026-01-09★★★★★Very Usefull Sofian J. Anom
2024-11-11★★★★★Totally perfect one of a kind plugin that serves a true niche purpose icecreamjelly
2024-08-20★★★★★Worked when CSS didn't MBV
2024-07-23★★★★★Works fine on WordPress 6.6 stephunique
2024-04-06★★★★★So relieved kjc1900
2024-01-26★★★★★Не везде работает Andrew
2024-01-16★★★★★Doesn't work any more – no updates in 4 months compusolver
2023-09-19★★★★★Doesn't Work If You Want Featured Image Hidden On Page, But Appearing in Social marshallajonesjr
2022-12-14★★★★★Works perfect!alr22516
2022-11-23★★★★★Works great!Steel Rat

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-03v3.4.0
2026-01-09v3.3.2
2025-04-15v3.3.1
2025-02-14v3.3.0
2024-10-28v3.2.0
2023-09-16v3.1.0
2023-09-16v3.1.1
2023-07-22v3.0.1

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

167

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

148

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

735

Mean release-day peak (30d)

153

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+81.5%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

13%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

1.77

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

90%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.82 → 4.81★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered