Feature Image Automation for Published Blog Posts

Today, the article writing tool does an excellent job of going from idea to finished article in minutes. It writes the content based on my parameters and either finds or generates supporting images using the custom visual style I provide. The one missing piece is a feature image or cover image. When posts are published, they go live without a feature image, which makes the blog look less polished and consistent (no image is shown in the overall blog listing page).

I would like the platform to automatically create and attach a feature image (metadata would be excellent to incorporate into this) for every article, using the same styling prompt and image source logic that it already uses for in-article images. That way, every post is published with a visually consistent cover image without any extra manual work on the side of the RightBlogger platform user.

Requirements:

• Scope: For every new blog article the tool creates, also generate a single feature/cover image.

• Image style: Use the same global styling prompt and settings that are already applied to other AI-generated images in the article, so the feature image matches the overall look and feel.

• Source logic: If the tool is using stock + AI today, the feature image should follow the same logic (for example, AI-first with stock as backup, or vice versa).

• Automation: When the post is created, automatically attach this image as the article’s “feature image” or “cover image” in the CMS, so it shows up on blog listing pages, social previews, and the article header without manual upload.

• Format and size: Use a default aspect ratio appropriate for blog headers and optimize the image for web performance.

• Configuration: Allow users to turn this on/off at the project level and, ideally, override the feature-image style prompt at the site or project level.

• Fallback: If image generation fails, notify the user and allow them to press a button to recreate an image.