ZI Hide Featured Image

by zeninvader

Description

This WP plugin hides the featured image on a single post or page.

The plugin adds a checkbox to the “Featured Image” section on edit pages. Once checked, the featured image will be removed from individual posts and pages.

This plugin works on WordPress Gutenberg and also on Classic Editor.

It adds the “Hide featured image” checkbox to posts, pages, custom post types and also to WooCommerce products.

It is tested and works on latest WP version 6.1.1

If you need more info please check the plugin on Zen Invader website.

Go to plugin’s page if you have other questions or suggestions.

Installation

Upload zi-hide-featured-image.1.0.0.zip to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
When a page or post is edited, just go to “Featured Image” section and check the “Hide featured image” checkbox. The featured image will not display anymore on that single post or page.

Screenshots

This is the checkbox "Hide featured image" when a post is edited and Gutenberg enabled.
This is the checkbox "Hide featured image" when a page is edited and Gutenberg enabled.
This is the checkbox "Hide featured image" when a custom post type is edited and Gutenberg is not enabled.
This is the checkbox "Hide featured image" when a WooCommerce product page is edited.

Faq

When is it needed to hide the featured image on single posts/pages?

Many WP users use the featured images to show them on archive pages where blog posts are listed. Or on home pages where a certain sections list some posts and featured images are added there along with post titles and an excerpt. But in some cases, the featured image it is not needed to be visible on the individual post page. This is where “ZI Hide Featured Image” plugin can help.

Does this plugin work with Gutenberg?

Yes! This plugin works with Gutenberg and also with Classic Editor.

Does this plugin work with the latest WordPress version?

Yes. This plugin works with WordPress 6.1.1.

Does this plugin adds “Hide featured image” option to custom post types?

Yes. This plugin works for custom post types.

Does this plugin adds “Hide featured image” option to WooCommerce product pages?

Yes. This plugin works for WooCommerce too.

What are the featured images?

Featured images (also sometimes called Post Thumbnails) are images that represent an individual Post, Page, or Custom Post Type. When you create your Theme, you can output the featured image in a number of different ways, on your archive page, in your header, or above a post, for example.

I do not see the “Featured Image” option when I edit a page or post. Why?

If you do not see the “Featured Image” when you edit a WordPress post this is mostly because the support for featured images it is not enabled on your theme. To enable this you need to add this to your theme’s functions.php file: add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ );.

I do not see the “Featured Image” option when I edit a custom post type. Why?

If you do not see the “Featured Image” when you edit a custom post type page it’s because “thumbnail” it is not added in the “supports” arguments array.
So, when you have added the code to create the custom post type you missed to add “thumbnail” in the “supports” array. It looks similar to this: ‘supports’ => array( ‘title’, ‘editor’, ‘thumbnail’, ‘comments’, ‘trackbacks’, ‘revisions’, ‘custom-fields’, ‘page-attributes’, ‘post-formats’ ).

Reviews

works PERFECTLY In version 6.3.1

By killerbram on September 27, 2023

In version 6.3.1 on SEP 27. 2023 with THEME "GeneratePress" works PERFECTLY. I think it fails if you use ELEMENTOR and things like that. But since version 6, using Elementor is USELESS. This plugin is GREAT for not adding a CSS line for each main page and being able to use the "do not show main image" option more

mask all thumnail when the plugin is active (elementor)

By twinsribbons on April 15, 2023

mask all thumnail when the plugin is active (elementor)

Not work with Colormag PRO theme

By momo-fr on September 24, 2022

Hi, I try yo use your plugin with Colormag PRO theme ans nothing append. Regards. Jean

Doesn't work with latest Astra Pro/Elementor Pro

By Steve Manes (walkthedog) on April 17, 2022

I wish these reviews had a second option for "Works/Doesn't Work with my setup" because for all I know the plugin works great on other themes and page builders. The checkbox is displayed under Featured Image but it doesn't do anything with Astra/Elementor.

Great Plugin!

By Sydnee (sydneeseo) on August 23, 2021

Great plugin! Works exactly what I needed it for. I show categories with the featured images on certain pages but don't want the featured image to show on the actual pages where it's set to. Works perfectly! Thanks

Sadly doesn't work correctly...

By freakqnc on July 19, 2021

...used on a portfolio page where the portfolio page used a classic mode (standard page) within the bauhaus template (by dev. named highsea that can be found on themeforest.net) and when the checkbox was checked for a given featured image it didn't remove it from the post but it rather hid it from the "masonry style" projects list hence the corresponding thumbnail was missing and the featured image remained happily present on the corresponding project page. So it doesn't fully work as it should not "blindly" and without any checks remove the featured image... it should rather check if the current page shown is the page itself (not a project/portfolio page for instance) and then only if the current page shown IS indeed the page to which that featured image belongs to... that's when it would kick in and hide the image from said page.