Title: 'Display Post Thumbnail' Not Working
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# 'Display Post Thumbnail' Not Working

 *  Resolved [Rotoscopers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rotoscopers/)
 * (@rotoscopers)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-post-thumbnail-not-working/)
 * Hello,
 * So recently since the update to WordPress 4.0, my WPP stopped working. The thumbnails
   on my widget are no longer appearing. I go into the widget section of WordPress
   and I see that the “display post thumbnail” is no longer checked. So I check 
   it and press save, but then it reverts to the unchecked box.
 * Nothing I do can keep the box checked so that the thumbanils show. I’ve cleared
   cache, removed the widget, etc.
 * Any advice? The visual nature of the thumbnails is what makes this plugin so 
   great.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/)

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 *  [Uber-Motif](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uber-motif/)
 * (@uber-motif)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-post-thumbnail-not-working/#post-5281034)
 * I’m having the same issue as well. Every other option works as intended with 
   the exception of the checkbox to add thumbnail. Once I select it and save it 
   reverts back to the unchecked state.
 * Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
 *  [Uber-Motif](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uber-motif/)
 * (@uber-motif)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-post-thumbnail-not-working/#post-5281035)
 * We resolved it on this install, the server didn’t have php5-gd installed, it 
   was by chance we upgraded to WP4 and changed the server that this happened.
 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-post-thumbnail-not-working/#post-5281045)
 * To the OP:
 * > **I’m unable to activate the “Display post thumbnail” option. Why?**
   >  Please
   > check that either the ImageMagick or GD extension is installed and enabled 
   > by your host.
 * Try contacting your hosting and ask them about this.

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## Tags

 * [gd](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/gd/)
 * [imagemagick](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/imagemagick/)
 * [thumbnail](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/thumbnail/)

 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-post-thumbnail-not-working/#post-5281045)
 * Status: resolved