Title: WP Featured Screenshot
Author: Rico Macchi
Published: <strong>September 9, 2015</strong>
Last modified: September 18, 2018

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![](https://ps.w.org/wp-featured-screenshot/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=1241534)

This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

![](https://ps.w.org/wp-featured-screenshot/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1241533)

# WP Featured Screenshot

 By [Rico Macchi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rico-macchi/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-featured-screenshot.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-featured-screenshot/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-featured-screenshot/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-featured-screenshot/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-featured-screenshot/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-featured-screenshot/)

## Description

This plugin allows you add screenshots to your media library to use throughout your
wordpress site as you would with any other image. It creates a copy of the screenshot
on your web server to reduce the overhead on your site.

Please check out our WP Links Page Pro at http://wplinkspage.com/

### Usage

 1. When adding a new post, click ‘Add Media’.
 2. Then click the ’Screenshot’ tab to the left.
 3. Type in the web address to use for the screenshot, and click ‘Add Screenshot’.
 4. The screenshot will appear in the table below the ‘Add Screenshot’ form, click 
    the screenshot in the table.
 5. From here you can set the screenshot as your featured image or insert it into the
    post as you would with any other image in your media library.

For more information please visit http://wplinkspage.com/

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The Screenshot tab is added to the media library.
 * [[
 * The image detail screen, used to add the screenshot to your post.

## Installation

Installation
 Uploading via WordPress Dashboard

    ```
    Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
    Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
    Select wp-featured-screenshot.zip from your computer
    Click ‘Install Now’
    Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
    ```

Using FTP

    ```
    Download wp-featured-screenshot.zip
    Extract the wp-featured-screenshot.zip directory to your computer
    Upload the wp-featured-screenshot.zip directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
    Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
    ```

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

Installation
 Uploading via WordPress Dashboard

    ```
    Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
    Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
    Select wp-featured-screenshot.zip from your computer
    Click ‘Install Now’
    Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
    ```

Using FTP

    ```
    Download wp-featured-screenshot.zip
    Extract the wp-featured-screenshot.zip directory to your computer
    Upload the wp-featured-screenshot.zip directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
    Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
    ```

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bd1468c72c1860ffae61355a681799946b3a14f4d67909907501ffcceb7a7f0d?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[great usability](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-usability-9/)󠁿

 [currogueb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/currogueb/) April 20, 2019

Me encanta éste plugin, está muy bién pensado y funciona perfecto. Gracias !!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ccb4344e32f2762120900f7eb023b4d730a2aa53890f3b95967ad896fba5575c?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Nice Idea](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-idea-32/)󠁿

 [Rik0399](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rik0399/) September 3, 2016

Sadly, this does not work with latest version Button absent in Media Library

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/773c4ce2f6ba6203192ed3dd863c3d2915409bcc415ccc2bb1f36b155baa8d6f?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Nice but where are UPDATES?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-but-where-are-updates/)󠁿

 [osamaaf](https://profiles.wordpress.org/osamaaf/) September 3, 2016

I like this plugin but I cannot update my wordpress to newer version. @Developer
please update this plugin asap!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/111643ac98f39db50c6d169a38c5bb981af9ba8399ff23453d7fef2c4b288571?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Featured on iThemes Training Plugin Roundup Nov 2, 2015](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-on-ithemes-training-plugin-roundup-nov-2-2015/)󠁿

 [nathaningram](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nathaningram/) September 3, 2016 
1 reply

Nice work on this plugin!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/65b396c3669b5ce7c6e11dcb0ff7b335fc11560f00cf52a7a2f73aeae40e7008?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Easy to use](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-to-use-688/)󠁿

 [Rico Macchi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rico-macchi/) September 3, 2016

This plugin will allow you to take a screenshot of a website using the url and add
it to your media library.

 [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-featured-screenshot/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Featured Screenshot” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Rico Macchi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rico-macchi/)

[Translate “WP Featured Screenshot” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-featured-screenshot)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-featured-screenshot/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-featured-screenshot/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-featured-screenshot/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-featured-screenshot/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### Version 1.0

 * Initial version of this plugin.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.3**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **90+**
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-featured-screenshot/)
 * Tags
 * [link](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link/)[post image screenshot](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-image-screenshot/)
   [screenshot](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/screenshot/)[screenshot featured image](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/screenshot-featured-image/)
   [wp-featured-screenshot](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-featured-screenshot/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-featured-screenshot/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.2 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  4 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-featured-screenshot/reviews/?filter=5)
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 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-featured-screenshot/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Rico Macchi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rico-macchi/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-featured-screenshot/)