Get post thumbnail/ featured image to show up for custom post types?

Resolved HeroicNate
(@heroicnate)

13 years, 11 months ago

I’m trying to enable post-thumbnails, or rather featured images as they seemed to be updated to, for all my posts and custom post types. I’m using the code from: http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/new-in-wordpress-2-9-post-thumbnail-images/ , and that works to let them show up in regular post write screens, but the custom post types write panels don’t have the featured image on it. I have the custom post types supporting “thumbnail”. But it’s a no go. Has the code changed to a new phrase for supporting the now “Featured Image”?

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Nile Flores
(@blondishnet)

13 years, 11 months ago

I wrote not long ago a tutorial on the post thumbnails. I use this and it works great. There are actually 3 tricks in the post, but it is the 2nd one that might help.

http://www.famousbloggers.net/3-wordpress-tricks.html

Thread Starter HeroicNate
(@heroicnate)

13 years, 11 months ago

thanks for the response, but nothing in that article explains how to deal with custom post types.

Thread Starter HeroicNate
(@heroicnate)

13 years, 11 months ago

i see that one of my old post from months ago was reposted in, I should delete one of these, but I don’t see a way to.

c.note
(@cnote)

13 years, 6 months ago

add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’, array( ‘post’,’custom-post-type-here’,’another-custom-post-type’ ) ); // Add it for posts

sballinger26
(@sballinger26)

13 years, 5 months ago

i want to show list of featured images on home. how can i do this?

any help would be appriciated

thanks in advance

c.note
(@cnote)

13 years, 4 months ago

i recently did what i think you are requiring using this plugin: multiple post thumbnails. find it here http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multiple-post-thumbnails/

bmil21
(@bmil21)

13 years, 4 months ago

You need to add this bit of code to the functions.php file so that the featured image will show up in the admin…

add_theme_support('post-thumbnails');
Rev. Voodoo
(@rvoodoo)

13 years, 4 months ago
to actually answer the original question, in case anyone comes across this thread…
```
'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'comments', 'excerpt', 'custom-fields', 'thumbnail' ),
```
when registering your custom post type, you must add the thumbnail support. Here is an example from my supports line, adding my required items to my CPT
mture
(@mture)

13 years, 4 months ago

Hey c.note, multiple post thumbnails looks incredibly useful. I was just talking to my sister about her portfolio site, which will need this. Thanks for that!