Title: Get Post Thumbnails for custom menu
Last modified: August 30, 2016
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# Get Post Thumbnails for custom menu
* Resolved [Beatsleigher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beatsleigher/)
* (@beatsleigher)
* [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-post-thumbnails-for-custom-menu/)
* Hi there,
* I’m currently designing my website, and I thought a custom theme is the way to
go, so I can implement my ideas as I wish.
* I mocked up the website as I want it to be (see here: [https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/E5kOO142XCj4DcX0t_SgIJ0HpOFQMndiXscsuDWKylU=w1440-h900-rw](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/E5kOO142XCj4DcX0t_SgIJ0HpOFQMndiXscsuDWKylU=w1440-h900-rw)),
however that is just a static mockup to see how I want the website to look like(
at least the left).
* Now I want to make things automatic. I have a page structure which will be used
to put everything in the right order (and new categories for the menu can be
easily added).
* So far, I’ve got the pages listed in the order I want; however, I can’t seem
to be able to load the featured images (thumbnails).
* ```
0, 'sort_order' => 'ASC',
'sort_column' => 'post_date', 'hierarchical' => 1,
'exclude' => array(), 'include' => array(),
'meta_key' => '', 'meta_value' => '',
'authors' => '', 'parent' => -1, 'exclude_tree' => array(),
'number' => '', 'offset' => 0,
'post_type' => 'page', 'post_status' => 'publish',
);
$pages = get_pages($defaults);
//var_dump($pages);
foreach ($pages as $page) {
if ($page->post_parent === 0) {
// Page is a parent, only has children.
// Only do stuff here, ignore the rest...
//var_dump($page); die();
$id = $page->ID;
$children = get_page_children($id, $pages);
//var_dump($children);
$_children = "";
$thumbnail = get_the_post_thumbnail($id);
foreach ($children as $child) {
$_children .= "";
$_children .= $child->post_title;
$_children .= "";
}
$html =
"
";
echo $html;
} else continue;
}
?>
```
* That is my code; it’s based off of the code I used to get the posts on the homepage,
which works perfectly fine.
* Now, to describe the problem a bit more accurately; if I use _get\_the\_post\
_thumbnail($id)_, I don’t get any image at all.
If, however, I use _the\_post\
_thumbnail($id)_, I get my little test piggy, which I used to test the post slider.
* Has anyone experienced this before, and is there a way around it?
* Thanks a lot in advance for any help!
* Website for previewing is: [https://www.ca-softworks.com/?loadPreview=1](https://www.ca-softworks.com/?loadPreview=1)
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* Thread Starter [Beatsleigher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beatsleigher/)
* (@beatsleigher)
* [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-post-thumbnails-for-custom-menu/#post-6772471)
* I have no idea what it did, but it all of a sudden started to work.
* Case closed.
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* Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-post-thumbnails-for-custom-menu/#post-6772471)
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