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1. Sinopa
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Does anyone know how I can display 4 random thumbnails from post images.
   I want to display these thumbnails in my heading.

2. Sinopa
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   And no one knows? :(

3. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 9 months ago #

   example:

   <?php $thumb_posts = get_posts(array('orderby' => 'rand', 'numberposts' => 4, 'meta_key' => '_thumbnail_id' ));
   if($thumb_posts) { ?>
   <div class="header-thumbs">
   <?php foreach( $thumb_posts as $post ) {
   echo get_the_post_thumbnail($post->ID,array(240,170));
   } ?>
   </div>
   <?php }
   wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_post_thumbnail

4. Sinopa
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Thank you alchymyth, but that didn't work. No thumbnails are shown :(

5. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 9 months ago #

   worked for me in my local testsite;

   have you posts with the featured image assigned?

   can you post the full code of whatever template you added the code to?
   (please use the http://pastebin.com/ - simply follow http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code )

   a link to your site?

6. Sinopa
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   With featured image assigned?

   Here's the link to the code at pastebin http://pastebin.com/VPbvmtku.
   It's the the code from "It smells like facebook" theme.

7. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 9 months ago #

   With featured image assigned?

   where else would your thumbnail come from?

   http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/11/16/everything-you-need-to-know-about-wordpress-2-9s-post-image-feature

8. Sinopa
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Sorry. Missunderstood. I have posts with the featured image assigned.

9. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 9 months ago #

   here is a re-written version, using different wordpress codes:

   http://pastebin.com/QfLCgaBn

10. Sinopa
    Member
    Posted 9 months ago #

    IT WORKED! *Woohoo* :D

    Thank you alchymyth :)

11. Vogelpesto
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Thank you alchymyth!
    Now how do I make those thumbs link to the original posts?

12. Vogelpesto
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Nevermind, got it. Changed line 12 to
    echo '<a href="' . get_permalink($header_thumb->ID) . '">' . get_the_post_thumbnail($header_thumb->ID,array(240,170)) . '</a>';

13. alchymyth
    The Sweeper
    Posted 4 months ago #

    well done - nice to see that an old topic is still useful :-)

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