Exclude post without thumbnail in Related Posts

Resolved bushidopt
(@bushidopt)

9 years ago

Hi, I have a 8 year old wordpress website and recently moved from YARPP to Jetpack Related Posts.

I have a little problem, some old posts do not have a featured image and related posts shows text instead of an image, so how can i prevent Related Posts from showing related posts without thumbnail. ex. http://i.imgur.com/Pwl3hjT.jpg

I have two options, i think…

1- Somehow mess with the code and do not allow showing related posts without thumbnail

2- Trough a filter only allow to show related posts that were posted after the year 2010

In YARPP i placed a default image that were shown if the related post did not have a featured image, is that possible in Jetpack Related Posts?

Tks

https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/

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Plugin Author Jeremy Herve
(@jeherve)

Jetpack Mechanic 🚀

9 years ago
The easiest solution is probably to add a default image if no image can be found in the post. You can follow the instructions here to do so:
http://jetpack.me/2013/10/15/add-a-default-fallback-image-if-no-image/

2- Trough a filter only allow to show related posts that were posted after the year 2010

That’s also possible. You can specify a range to select Related Posts from. For example, to only display posts that are less than a year old:
```
function jetpackme_related_posts_past_year_only( $date_range, $post_id ) {
    $date_range = array(
        'from' => strtotime( '-1 year' ),
        'to' => time(),
    );
    return $date_range;
}
add_filter( 'jetpack_relatedposts_filter_date_range', 'jetpackme_related_posts_past_year_only' );
```
1- Somehow mess with the code and do not allow showing related posts without thumbnail

That’s also possible, although a bit more complicated. You should be able to sort Related Posts returned and exclude posts without any image thanks to the jetpack_relatedposts_returned_results filter (#). However that won’t work if you’re already adding a default image to all posts.

I hope this helps.
Thread Starter bushidopt
(@bushidopt)

9 years ago

Thanks Jeremy, I added a default image, it was easy.

I suggest adding “add a default image if no image can be found” to the “Customize Related Posts” page (http://jetpack.me/support/related-posts/customize-related-posts/)beacuse i searched everywhere and didn’t find http://jetpack.me/2013/10/15/add-a-default-fallback-image-if-no-image/ or my google-fu is weak 😉

Thanks again, you guys are the best .

Plugin Author Jeremy Herve
(@jeherve)

Jetpack Mechanic 🚀

9 years ago

I suggest adding “add a default image if no image can be found” to the “Customize Related Posts” page

Good idea. I just added a new section. Thanks for the suggestion!

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