Recently, a friend inquired about the easiest option to hide a featured image from an individual post in WordPress.
I had heard of the plugin “Hide Featured Image” so I asked him to try it out. Unfortunately for him, the plugin didn’t work…
Why ?
It was last updated more than 2 years ago and hadn’t been tested with the previous three WordPress versions.
You always want to avoid installing plugins that haven’t been updated for more than a year !!
As a result, I went ahead to try out other options. And in this post, I’ll show you how you can hide a single featured image from a WordPress post.
Check if your WordPress Theme Has the Option to Hide a Featured Image
There may be occasions where you might want to hide an image in WordPress on a particular post, instead of removing it. The main reason is when you want to display an image on your blog’s home page but not on the individual post.
Featured image is an option controlled by WordPress themes, and many of them have the option to hide featured images. So the easiest way is to check if the option is available in your particular theme.
Visit your WordPress dashboard, go to Posts -> All Posts and click on the edit option below any of your WordPress posts.
Under the preview button on the right of your page, you will see similar options like the ones in the screenshot below.
We are using the “Rehub Theme,” and I was able to find the option to hide featured images under Post Settings.
Use a Plugin to Hide Featured Image from your Post
What if your WordPress theme doesn’t have this option? While you can try using “The Hide Feature Image Plugin”, I don’t recommend it due to the following
- It hasn’t been updated since a long time
- It has been receiving a lot of poor reviews
And even if it works, you should know that 52% WordPress vulnerabilities are caused by plugins that may haven’t been updated or poorly coded.
You can also hide a featured image with the help of code but it's not a very convenient option for beginners.
There is a better way.
Its using the Plugin called “Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages”
For your convenience, I've created a video that shows how easy it is to use the plugin to hide a featured image from an individual post in WordPress.
In case you prefer text, follow the simple step by step process below
Step 1: Visit your WordPress dashboard and click on Plugins-> Add New
Step 2: On the top right search bar, type in Conditionally display featured
Step 3: Install the Plugin
Step 4: Activate the Plugin
Step 5: Go to Posts -> All Posts
Step 6: Edit the post who's featured image you want to hide
Step 7: On the right side underneath the preview button, Go to Featured Image
Step 8: As shown in below screenshot, check the option “Display featured image in post lists only, hide on singular views”
Bonus Plugin to Manage Featured Images without Hiding Them
There is another fantastic plugin to manage featured images. While it doesn’t allow you to hide featured images, you can do a lot more quite easily.
It’s a plugin by the name of “Quick Featured Images”
How to Easily Remove and Add Featured Images using
“Quick Featured Images”
This plugin makes removing and adding featured images to your posts extremely convenient.
The video below will show you how easy it is to remove and add a featured image from an individual post in WordPress, using the “Quick Featured Images” Plugin.
In case you prefer text, continue reading and follow the easy to follow steps
Step 1: Visit your WordPress dashboard and click on Plugins-> Add New
Step 2: On the top right search bar, type in quick featured images
Step 3: Install the Plugin
Step 4: Activate the Plugin
Step 5: Go to Posts -> All Posts
Step 6: Click on Remove Featured Image to Remove it
And in case you want to add the featured image, you can click on “Set Featured Image” and add it again easily.
The plugin is extremely convenient to remove, add, change and edit featured images from WordPress Posts.
Were you able to hide a featured image from your individual post in WordPress?
Let us know in the comment section at the bottom of this page.
Also Read: How to Fix WordPress Image Errors
This helped, thanks a lot!
You are welcome Eric. We are glad you found it useful
This is so helpful – thank you!
You are welcome Laura. We’re glad it helped :)
I use “Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages” plugin which works perfectly on a “Twenty Sixteen” theme…
Awesome.Legend- It works
Thank you for this information!!! It worked perfectly.
Thank you so much! I’ve only been trying to do this with codes and what not for hours..Then you show me in under 2 minutes..smh..
You are welcome Melanie :)
Thank for this! Worked perfectly.
You are welcome Kay. We are glad it worked for you
Thank you so much for this great article and the video! As the author of the Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages plugin, it’s awesome to see those excellent community contributions.
You are welcome Cyrill. You’ve certainly done a great job with the Plugin :)
Perfect! Thanks! Was using another plugin that stopped working… Question: if I deactivate the old plugin, will all the featured images it was hiding start showing again? Or are they already showing? (I haven’t checked and wouldn’t know where to start. I’ve been using it a long time)
Hi Jeff, if the old plugin stopped working then the featured images should be showing. But you can ofcourse check. If the plugin isn’t working or outdated, its best to remove it and install the new plugin
Thank you for this informative post. I wanna know should I show the featured image at the beginning of the single post? I confused!
Hi Zia, we are glad you liked the post. Whether you show the featured image or not in the beginning is totally up to you. If you want your audience to go straight into the intro, you don’t need to show it.
Thank you so much :)