Title: Multiple Post Thumbnails Author: Chris Scott Published: June 13, 2010 Last modified: November 26, 2018 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/multiple-post-thumbnails/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=652603) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/multiple-post-thumbnails_d94965.svg) # Multiple Post Thumbnails By [Chris Scott](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisscott/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/multiple-post-thumbnails.1.7.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-post-thumbnails/) ## Description Adds multiple post thumbnails to a post type. If you’ve ever wanted more than one Featured Image on a post, this plugin is for you. ## Screenshots * [[ * Admin meta box showing a new thumbnail named ‘Secondary Image’. * [[ * Media modal showing images attached to the post and a ‘Secondary Image’ selected. * [[ * Admin meta box with the ‘Secondary Image’ selected. ## Installation Please refer to full documentation at https://github.com/voceconnect/multi-post- thumbnails/wiki ## FAQ If you have any issues with this plugin, please log them at the Github repo for this plugin. This is done to centralize our issues and make sure nothing goes unnoticed. The URL to log an issue is https://github.com/voceconnect/multi-post-thumbnails/ issues See Frequently Asked Questions at https://github.com/voceconnect/multi-post-thumbnails/ wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3e143f44e165382a50aa532447fc0dc22b17f0ca963cfcca9c2917bb4bb9710f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not working with WordPress 5.4 and Gutenberg editor](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-with-wordpress-5-4-and-gutenberg-editor/)󠁿 [Sven Woltmann](https://profiles.wordpress.org/svenwoltmann/) June 10, 2020 2 replies I don’t see any option to add a secondary feature image. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/118000125f70cb8994b3ff61b04f470361c7c908a3889fb57b479a0e5e9c6f4a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works as espected](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-as-espected-2/)󠁿 [Lox](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dreadlox/) October 29, 2019 Very nice extensions for developers ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e8139e536a1bb66ebe65f63081f4e077b59188d90a5de6474f5e655c08bed7f4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not working with WP version 4.7.1.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-with-wp-version-4-7-1/)󠁿 [karhu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/karhu/) January 19, 2017 I updated the plugin from 1.3 version to 1.6.6. but it didn’t work anymore. When I selected an image as an additional post thumbnail, the pop-up window closed but the selected image didn’t appear in page’s thumbnail preview window. And after saving the changes to page, the thumbnail image didn’t appear in the actual page either. For now, I rolled back to version 1.3 and it works as it should. But I would like to update to version 1.6.6. since the pop-up window for selecting additional post thumbnails is much easier to use and more stylish with 1.6.6. version when compared to 1.3. version. I also tried the fixed found from this topic (https://wordpress. org/support/topic/bugfix-bug-with-multiple-post-types-wp-4-5/) but that didn’t work either. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c5debc287c39574307d9282c8b29a58caa8bc18884dd1a1161ff03dfcb437ae4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Still works great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-works-great-13/)󠁿 [Stonehenge Creations](https://profiles.wordpress.org/duisterdenhaag/) September 3, 2016 1 reply Even though this plugin hasn’t been updated in a long time, it still works great! So I guess there’s just no reason for the developer to have it updated. 😉 For me this plugin is one of the easiest ways to selectively add a header image. I want it on some pages, but not on others. Using the standard Featured Image function will set it foor all or none, so that’s not flexible enough. One suggestion for an update though: Now you still need to add the following snippet to your theme’s function.php. if (class_exists('MultiPostThumbnails')) { new MultiPostThumbnails( array( 'label' => 'Secondary Image', 'id' => 'secondary-image', 'post_type' => ' post' 'post_type' => 'page' ) ); } It would be great if the plugin did this automatically. That will also keep the plugin active if you switch themes. P.S. To add the meta box to other post types, just add it to the snippet. ‘post_type’ => ‘event’ will add it for Events Manager, for example. 😉 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5d326e079ea3d14dbd4dee0e999a6b2a0cd3999d12afa5d9ee8f64a832ada721? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very bad plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-bad-plugin-5/)󠁿 [sorin_gheorghita](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sorin_gheorghita/) September 3, 2016 1 reply I installed this plugin o a custom theme where I was using the first featured image as a background image and after installing this, surprise! Not working 🙁 Tried te disable/delete it, and surprise again! Still not working. So this plugin messed up my database. Thanks, developers! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb4ceb3370ab5bbde3a13c60974ae2eeec3a5fccb4d0dd774fcfa76206b0b17a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excelente!''](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excelente-308/)󠁿 [Renan Lara](https://profiles.wordpress.org/renan-lara-1/) September 3, 2016 Plugin fantástico, muito bom! [ Read all 42 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-post-thumbnails/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Multiple Post Thumbnails” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Chris Scott ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisscott/) * [ voceplatforms ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/voceplatforms/) “Multiple Post Thumbnails” has been translated into 6 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Multiple Post Thumbnails” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/multiple-post-thumbnails/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/multiple-post-thumbnails/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/multiple-post-thumbnails/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/multiple-post-thumbnails/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog After version 1.3, releases were tracked in github: https://github.com/voceconnect/ multi-post-thumbnails/releases Historical releases are below: #### 1.3 * Don’t show set as links in media screens when not in context (props prettyboymp). Add voceplatforms as an author. Updated FAQ. #### 1.2 * Only enqueue admin scripts on needed pages (props johnjamesjacoby) and make sure thickbox is loaded (props prettyboymp). Add media-upload script to dependencies for post types that don’t already require it (props kevinlangleyjr). #### 1.1 * Update FAQ. Clean up `readme`. Don’t yell `null`. Don’t output link to original if there is no image. #### 1.0 * Use `get_the_ID()` in `get_the_post_thumbnail`. Props helgatheviking. #### 0.9 * Increment version only to attempt to get plugin versions back in sync. #### 0.8 * Revert init action changes from 0.7. Fixes admin metaboxes not showing when the MultiPostThumbnails class is instantiated in an action instead of `functions. php` #### 0.7 * Add actions/filters on init action. Should fix admin metaboxes not showing or showing out of order. props arizzitano. #### 0.6 * Update `get_the_post_thumbnail` return filter to use format `{$post_type}_{$thumb_id} _thumbnail_html` which allows filtering by post type and thumbnail id which was the intent. Props gordonbrander. * Update plugin URL to point to Plugin Directory #### 0.5 * Update readme to check for `MultiPostThumbnails` class before calling. #### 0.4 * Added: optional argument `$link_to_original` to *_the_post_thumbnails template tags. Thanks to gfors for the suggestion. * Fixed: PHP warning in media manager due to non-existent object #### 0.3 * Fixed: when displaying the insert link in the media library, check the post_type so it only shows for the registered type. #### 0.2 * Update docs and screenshots. Update tested through to 3.0 release. #### 0.1 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.7** * Last updated **7 years ago** * Active installations **20,000+** * WordPress version ** 2.9.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.0.25** * PHP version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Languages * [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails/), and [Ukrainian](https://uk.wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails) * Tags * [featured image](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured-image/)[image](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image/) [thumbnails](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/thumbnails/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars. * [ 38 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-post-thumbnails/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-post-thumbnails/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-post-thumbnails/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-post-thumbnails/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 3 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-post-thumbnails/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-post-thumbnails/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multiple-post-thumbnails/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Chris Scott ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisscott/) * [ voceplatforms ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/voceplatforms/) ## Support Got something to say? 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