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1. Phil
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   AFter updating the plugin, one of our sites no longer shows the thumbnails in the widget. All I get is the default 'no thumbnail' image.

   Does this plugin support the first image in post or is there another plugin that will do this?

   Phil

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/

2. Phil
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   I have attached a featured image which works, but we have thousands of posts and it is not practical to set a featured image on each one historically. Also, we have plenty of authors who submit posts without featured images - as previously the first image posted gets resized.

   I also notice that the thumbnail I just reset gets squashed - it doesn't keep the correct dimensions - unprofessional-looking, thus rendering this almost unusable unless theres a fix... =/

3. Phil
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   How come you didn't just use the latest version of timthumb from the developer?

   It has resolved the security issue and has been re-written to accommodate that.

4. Héctor Cabrera
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Hi PSM Digital,

   Thanks for your comments. I'm aware of all the issues that removing TimThumb have cause to some users of my plugin, and I apologize for that.

   While I understand your frustration about it, I believe you could be a little bit more polite when asking things. This plugin is a hobby of mine, and it's for free. No charges, gratis. No guarantees. All I'm asking for in return is people's constructive feedback in order to make my plugin better, not this.

5. berlinrob
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Hello Hector,

   I have the same problem.

   After upgrading from version 2.1.4 to 2.2.1 I only see the "No Thumbnails" preview though I have a preview image attached to each article.

   How can I fix that?

   Thanks in advance,
   Robert

6. Héctor Cabrera
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Hi Robert,

   I'm already working on this. The new version of my plugin, right now under development, should take care of this for you automatically.

   However, right now the only solution is to assign a Featured Image to your popular posts so my plugin can pick it up and use it as a thumbnail.

7. covermesongs
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hi Hector,

   I too am having the issues above. I can't use a Featured Image at all (it messes up lots of other things with my theme), so anything that relies on that system is a nonstarter, and going back to 2.1.4 doesn't get a thumbnail anymore. I hope the next update allows the old system to work again (TimThumb I guess). I'd hate to lose such a great addition to my site.

8. Héctor Cabrera
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hey,

   The problem I have with using third-party scripts (such as TimThumb) is that I need to keep monitoring them to make sure my plugin is running the latest version available. TimThumb is a great script, and I might re-add it again, however I'm trying to come up with a self-made solution that integrates well with my plugin.

9. covermesongs
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Thanks for the reply Hector! I totally get what you're trying to do, but I bet I'm not the only one for whom automatically adding a Featured Image to every popular post doesn't work at all. Glad to know you're looking at it though and I look forward to the next version of WPP.

10. Héctor Cabrera
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    I know. I wish there was a way to measure how many people actually uses it, and how they like it (or not) in order to decide what to do next.

    Hopefully, I'll find a workaround that will work for everyone as I'd really hate to go back to TimThumb.

    Thanks for understanding!

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