Hey isaac2k2,
thanks for reaching out – I’ll gladly help!
Just to be on the same page here: first you tried using featured image and when that didn’t work you tried using custom field?
For example: you can set your featured image by inserting the image from your Media Library when writing a new post. I made a screenshot for easier navigation.
Or you can use custom fields:
Open up the edit page of one of your blog posts, open the ‘Screen Options’ drop-down menu on the top right corner and tick the box next to ‘Custom Fields’. A new widget called ‘Custom Fields’ should appear just below your editor, where you can add a new name (e.g. “Zemanta_thumbnails”) and a value (link) to the image which you would like to use as a thumbnail for that particular blog post.
You have already did this but just to clarify -> go to your plugin settings and tick the box next to ‘Use custom field for thumbnails’ and select the “Zemanta_thumbnails” custom field value (or whatever you chose to name it).
This way, you only change the value of your future (or past) blog posts, but the name of that custom field stays the same.
Either way, do let me know how it goes! I’m looking forward to your reply!
Take care and have a nice day,
Petra
Hi Petra
Thanks for the reply. All my posts do have ‘set feature image’ attached. The strange thing is at first on my staging website when I tried your plugin, it showed the featured images of all the posts but for some reasons it didn’t work on my main website.
I removed it from the staging site and re-installed again but this time it didn’t show it.
The link I provided earlier, this is the featured image i used but its not showing
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Also which option here should i be using
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Thanks
Hey isaac2k2,
thanks for getting back to me.
Let’s do this custom field step by step:
1.) Open up the edit page of one of your blog posts, open the ‘Screen Options’ drop-down menu on the top right corner and tick the box next to ‘Custom Fields’. Check the screenshot.
2.) A new widget called ‘Custom Fields’ should appear just below your editor, where you can add a new name (e.g. “Zemanta_thumbnails”) and a value (link) to the image which you would like to use as a thumbnail for that particular blog post. Screenshot.
3.) Go to your plugin settings and tick the box next to ‘Use custom field for thumbnails’ and select the “Zemanta_thumbnails” custom field value (or whatever you chose to name it). Screenshot.
Hope this helps clearing things up but if I have been unclear please let me know.
Best,
Petra
Hi Petra
Thanks for the reply. Yes I do know how to do this but my issue is will I have to do this for over 200 posts?
Hey,
we have rechecked your blog and noticed that you are using featured images that are 48×48(px) in size. These are too small for our plugin to notice but if you go to plugin settings and in “Advanced settings” tick the box next to “Custom size thumbnails” and put in your custom size (48), the thumbnails should work. See the screenshot for easier navigation. Keeping my fingers crossed 🙂
Please let me know how it goes and all the best,
Petra
Hi PetraP
Thanks so far for your response. Its strange that my featured images are 48×48 but that shouldn’t be the case because all my featured images are 190px x 100px
I have set the custom size to 190×100 and now they are showing but showing as 150×150:
ul.related_post li img {
display: block !important;
width: 150px !important;
height: 150px !important;
max-width: 100% !important;
Not sure why this is using 150px after inspecting the elements
I have done the same settings on my live website but no images but its now showing on my staging website
Live Site: http://www.sysads.co.uk
This is definitely weird! But at least we are getting somewhere.
Would you be so kind and send us a screenshot of your plugin settings? Or even better, is there a chance you could send us your WP Dashboard’s credentials, so that we could investigate further? We can completely understand if you’re not comfortable with sharing this with us, but I’m afraid this might be the only viable solution for us right now.
It also goes without saying that your privacy is to our upmost concern, after which we will take all the extra precaution possible.
Let us know what you think and we’ll do our best to help you out! I’m looking forward to your reply!
