Title: Featured Image instead Custom fields
Last modified: August 19, 2016

---

# Featured Image instead Custom fields

 *  Resolved [joia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joia/)
 * (@joia)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-instead-custom-fields/)
 * Hi everyone…
    I got my theme 2 years ago and have been customizing it since them.
   I like the look of my theme and right now I wouldnt like to get a new wordpress
   3.1 compatible theme…That would mean a lot of customization work! So I need help
   with custom fields: In ordet to show thumbnail images in HomePage I have to introduce
   Key and Value in the custom fields. “Thumbnail” for one section and “hpbottom”
   for other section. I would like to change this in order to take advantage of 
   the new “festured image” function. I have tested other themes where just by selecting
   the “featured image” option, the selected image automatic goes to the especific
   sections in Home page. How can I do this…. Can anyone help me Thanks

Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)

 *  Thread Starter [joia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joia/)
 * (@joia)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-instead-custom-fields/#post-1999389)
 * Sorry…I forgot the link for you to check the blog “[Amopintar](http://www.amopintar.com)“
   
   Thanks
 *  [futurepocket](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futurepocket/)
 * (@futurepocket)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-instead-custom-fields/#post-1999456)
 * This would actually require a lot of work and isn’t as easy as it sounds. You
   would need to modify your theme files to point to featured image for both sections
   of your theme (which I believe is outdated by this point). You can integrate 
   the post thumbnail (featured image) function in your theme by adding a function:
   `
   add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );`
 * BUT, this doesn’t necessarily mean it will replace both those images on your 
   page, depends how your theme is calling them.
 *  Thread Starter [joia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joia/)
 * (@joia)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-instead-custom-fields/#post-1999522)
 * Thank you…futurepocket.
    I suposed so.. I guess I will keep the theme the way
   it is untill it gets impossible to manage it… Thanks
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-instead-custom-fields/#post-1999534)
 * re: replace custom field thumbs with featured image thumbs; and keep old posts
   working.
 * food for thought:
 * [http://pastebin.com/WnF9ees3](http://pastebin.com/WnF9ees3)

Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)

The topic ‘Featured Image instead Custom fields’ is closed to new replies.

 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-instead-custom-fields/#post-1999534)
 * Status: resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics