Title: No Add Thumbnail area
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# No Add Thumbnail area

 *  [dbreau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbreau/)
 * (@dbreau)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-thumbnail/)
 * I am new to wordpress. I am running the 2.9.2 version. When I go to add a new
   post there isn’t a field that allows me to “Insert a thumbnail”. However, in 
   a video put out by wordpress I can see how they use it and where it is under 
   the “categories” section. My isn’t there. How do I get it to show up?
 * Thank you in advance.

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 *  Anonymous User 5831832
 * (@anonymized-5831832)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-thumbnail/#post-1408128)
 * Their should be an “Insert into Post” button, go into your gallery and click 
   show and under the align and size for thumbnail it has the button.
 *  Thread Starter [dbreau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbreau/)
 * (@dbreau)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-thumbnail/#post-1408148)
 * Unfortunately, I only have “Insert into Post” under the align and size for thumbnail.
   There is no “Insert as Thumbnail” as shown in the video.
 *  Thread Starter [dbreau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbreau/)
 * (@dbreau)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-thumbnail/#post-1408150)
 * Here is what I have:
    [](http://livecityvip.com/downloads/Picture%201.png) [http://livecityvip.com/downloads/Picture%201.png](http://livecityvip.com/downloads/Picture%201.png)
 *  Thread Starter [dbreau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbreau/)
 * (@dbreau)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-thumbnail/#post-1408257)
 * If anyone can help me with this, I would appreciate it.
 *  Anonymous User 5831832
 * (@anonymized-5831832)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-thumbnail/#post-1408286)
 * Just click the thumbnail version it links to your full size image and insert 
   into post places the thumbnail there. If you have an example of what you are 
   trying to accomplish if this doesn’t answer go and post it.
 *  Thread Starter [dbreau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbreau/)
 * (@dbreau)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-thumbnail/#post-1408322)
 * I’ve tried that. It just puts a thumbnail sized image in the post.
 * For example, what I would like, with WPtouch are the thumbnails to show. They
   don’t because it only places the image into the post…not as a thumbnail for the
   post.
 * This is what I don’t have(shows this in the wordpress video):
    [http://livecityvip.com/downloads/Picture%202.png](http://livecityvip.com/downloads/Picture%202.png)
 *  Anonymous User 5831832
 * (@anonymized-5831832)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-thumbnail/#post-1408329)
 * Go to WPTouch’s forums or community site for help. It could just be a setting
   you have to enable if it’s a feature they offer, or a line of code that needs
   to be inserted.
 *  Thread Starter [dbreau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbreau/)
 * (@dbreau)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-thumbnail/#post-1408343)
 * This is a new feature in wordpress 2.9. I am running 2.9.2
 * I just used WPtouch as an example.
 * Another example is the the theme I am using, WP-Creativix, it is thumbnail compliant.
   But, because I cannot upload a thumbnail, my posts all have a ? beside them instead
   of a thumbnail.
 * Take a look at this video:
 * [http://vimeo.com/8462281](http://vimeo.com/8462281)
 * I have tried all the themes mentioned.
 *  [dfred](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dfred/)
 * (@dfred)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-thumbnail/#post-1408449)
 * I don’t have a thumbnail button since I upgraded to 2.9.2. I’m thinking of downgrading.
 *  [Steffen Jørgensen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jint/)
 * (@jint)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-thumbnail/#post-1408453)
 * Justin Tadlock has a nice article about it here:
    [http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/11/16/everything-you-need-to-know-about-wordpress-2-9s-post-image-feature](http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/11/16/everything-you-need-to-know-about-wordpress-2-9s-post-image-feature)
 * In short though – insert the following into your functions.php file:
 * `add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );`

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