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1. Warren Harrison
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I know I can get a post's featured image using get_the_post_thumbnail() but how would I go about programmatically setting a post's featured image in a plugin. After looking through the data in the wp_posts and wp_postmeta tables, I can see no difference between an image embedded within a post and one set as a featured image.

   Any help is greatly appreciated.

2. Inigo Gonzalez
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   The only way I found is to insert a post meta with the key _thumbnail_id.

   for example: add_post_meta($post_id, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id);

   Hope this helps

3. Warren Harrison
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   aha! I will give that a whirl. Thanks so much for the info.

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