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1. Nathan Adams
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I've been searching for an image plugin for a specific task, to no avail. But I was thinking someone on here might know of a suitable solution.

   I want to be able to attach a few images to a post (say 2-5 large images, and one separate thumbnail). But have these images seperate from the main content - not embedded within in. Such that, I'd have separate tags to implement them within a template.
   (ie. <?php the_content(); ?>, <?php the_images(); ?>, <?php the_thumbnail(); ?>).

   Adding images to the post would involve a custom field type arrangement, where you'd click "add images" button, select or upload the images" and they'd be listed.

   The output of <?php the_images(); ?> might just be a series of <img src="1"/><img src="2"/><img src="3"/> or wrap each image in li tags in an unordered list.

   I figured there might be an image or custom field plugin that would allow something like that, but couldn't find anything. Any help would be appreciated!!

2. scribu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Every image that you upload through WP is first attached to the current post. So you could use get_children() and some other template tags to do what you want without a plugin.

3. Nathan Adams
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'm not quite sure what you mean.

   I want the whole image upload thing to be separate from the main content of the post. So that say, when creating a new post in the admin it's laid out such:
   > Title
   > Content
   > Excerpt
   > Images
   > Thumbnail

   I could add images in the images section, and it will just list the ones I have attached. Not stick them inline in the content wysiwyg editor.
   If the images are not going to sit inline in the flow of the post text, I find this current arrangement can be quite confusing.

   And then in my theme I can have on single pages:
   

   <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> 
   
   	<div class="content">
   		<?php the_content(); ?>
   	</div>
   	<div class="images">
   		<?php the_images(); ?>
   	</div>
   
   </div>
   <?php endwhile; ?>

   and on the loop have:
   

   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> 
   
   	<div class="excerpt">
   		<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   	</div>
   	<div class="thumbnail">
   		<?php the_thumbnail(); ?>
   	</div>
   
   </div><?php endwhile; ?>

4. scribu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Try using "Pods" plugin or "Flutter" plugin.

5. Nathan Adams
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Fantastic, I'll check out both of those.
   Thanks for your help.

6. cakemuse
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Did either of these work for you? Pods is not right and FLutter is nice but not what I need.

   Still looking for a contact or attachment plugin to add images...let me know if you have found anything. Unfortunately, I will have to add a post...this is driving me crazy.

   Thanks

7. Eric Marden
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You could do this as a custom plugin... add a metabox that includes a drop down list of images (from the media-library, or tied to a folder on disc) and associate them that way. The plugin would just have to save the path or attachment ID in the post_meta, which you can query and pull into your templates.

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