Title: Help with Newspaper theme
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Help with Newspaper theme

 *  [Rachel Goldstein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rachelgoldstein71/)
 * (@rachelgoldstein71)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-newspaper-theme/)
 * Hello,
    I’m trying to get this work with TagDiv’s Newspaper theme, and it’s not
   showing up. I referred to this thread from 1 year ago, [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-work-on-newspaper-theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-work-on-newspaper-theme)
   and added the code to td_module.php of the child theme. But, there is no longer
   any file called td_module_blog.php in the current Newspaper theme, so I could
   only make a change to td_module.php. It doesn’t seem to have made any difference.
   Please see: [http://thekineticist.com/](http://thekineticist.com/)
 * Thanks!
    Rachel
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-featured-image/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-featured-image/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Rachel Goldstein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rachelgoldstein71/)
 * (@rachelgoldstein71)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-newspaper-theme/#post-7157949)
 * I have had to de-activate this plugin for the time being, because when I updated
   it, my home page disappeared from my dashboard pages menu.
 *  [trackandfieldmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trackandfieldmedia/)
 * (@trackandfieldmedia)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-newspaper-theme/#post-7158064)
 * Bump.
 * I would also like a solution to this. Currently trying to switch themes, but 
   not having this plug in work is holding us back a little
 *  Plugin Author [David Aguilera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davilera/)
 * (@davilera)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-newspaper-theme/#post-7158133)
 * Hi Rachel and [@trackandfieldmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trackandfieldmedia/),
 * Thanks for getting in touch! Regarding the issue with Newspaper, I think this
   should fix the issue. Last time I checked (a few days ago), featured images were
   inserted by `includes/wp_booster/td_module_single_base.php`. In particular, around
   line 115 you’ll see the following:
 *     ```
       if (get_post_format($this->post->ID) == 'video') {
         //if it's a video post...
         $td_post_video = get_post_meta( &hellip; );
         //render the video if the post&hellip;
         if (!empty($td_post_video['td_video'])) {
           return td_video_support::render_video( &hellip; );
         }
       } else {
         //if it's a normal post, show the default thumb
         if (!is_null($this->post_thumb_id)) {
           &hellip;
         }
       }
       ```
   
 * Well, we simply need to add an `else if` right before the `else` block:
 *     ```
       if (get_post_format($this->post->ID) == 'video') {
         //if it's a video post...
         $td_post_video = get_post_meta( &hellip; );
         //render the video if the post&hellip;
         if (!empty($td_post_video['td_video'])) {
           return td_video_support::render_video( &hellip; );
         }
   
       } else if ( function_exists( 'uses_nelioefi' ) && uses_nelioefi( $this->post->ID ) ) {
         $img = nelioefi_get_thumbnail_src( $this->post->ID );
         return '<img width="100%" class="entry-thumb" src="' . esc_attr( $img ) . '" />';
   
       } else {
         //if it's a normal post, show the default thumb
         if (!is_null($this->post_thumb_id)) {
           &hellip;
         }
       }
       ```
   
 * This way, we’ll shortcircuit Newspaper’s default behavior and print our external
   featured image. Please, let me know if this solved the issue.
 *  Plugin Author [David Aguilera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davilera/)
 * (@davilera)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-newspaper-theme/#post-7158134)
 * Hi Rachel,
 * I don’t know why your home page disappeared from the dashboard pages menu. Does
   this issue still persist? If it does, add the following piece of code in your
   theme’s `functions.php` file:
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'nelioefi_use_first_image', '__return_false' );
       ```
   
 * and let me know if it works.
 * The previous line simply deactivates auto-setting the first image that appears
   in a post’s content as the external featured image. I don’t think this has anything
   to do with your issue… but I don’t remember any other changes that might be affecting
   your Dashboard.
 *  Thread Starter [Rachel Goldstein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rachelgoldstein71/)
 * (@rachelgoldstein71)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-newspaper-theme/#post-7158142)
 * Thanks for your reply. I just updated the plugin, and the problem with the disappearing
   home page in dashboard is solved, without me having to add anything to my functions.
   php.
 * I also edited the file includes/wp_booster/td_module_single_base.php in my child
   theme, and it still doesn’t seem to be working- does this need to be done in 
   the parent theme instead?
 *  [alexpoucher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexpoucher/)
 * (@alexpoucher)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-newspaper-theme/#post-7158145)
 * Greetings David! Same issue here, I am using the newest version of the Newspaper
   theme, and I need this to be working ASAP. You can view the default site I have
   setup currently at alexpoucher.com – if you scroll to the Business section this
   is where I am trying to implement this plugin at. You can see no Images are showing
   up there. When I click to edit those posts I do see the External Featured Image
   showing up in the edit post section though but not on the main page where they
   need to show up at. So I figure the plugin is getting those images OK but having
   a problem displaying them on the main page where it belongs.
 * I have done what you said and added the else if right before the else block in
   includes/wp_booster/td_module_single_base.php and still not working.
 * I can send you any files you may need, or give you any type of access you need
   to the website in order to get this working. I will also paypal you a donation
   for your time, I just need this working ASAP.
 * Please reply soon.
 *  Plugin Author [David Aguilera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davilera/)
 * (@davilera)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-newspaper-theme/#post-7158150)
 * Hi Alex.
 * Didn’t see the message. Send me a copy of the latest version of your theme (customers
   at nelio software dot com) and I’ll look into it.
 *  [alexpoucher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexpoucher/)
 * (@alexpoucher)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-newspaper-theme/#post-7158151)
 * Email sent! The first email got rejected by your email server with the attached
   archive with the theme in it, so I uploaded it to Google Drive instead and shared
   the link with your email and gave you edit permissions so you should be able 
   to download it. Let me know if you have any problems getting it. alexpoucher 
   at gmail dot com
 *  Plugin Author [David Aguilera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davilera/)
 * (@davilera)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-newspaper-theme/#post-7158152)
 * Hi Alex!
 * Thanks for sharing the file. Apparently, you already applied the changes I shared
   with Rachel. Don’t they work? These changes must be applied to the parent theme(
   they won’t work if you apply them on a child theme).
 *  [alexpoucher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexpoucher/)
 * (@alexpoucher)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-newspaper-theme/#post-7158153)
 * Yes I applied the changes to the hard copy of the file and then I uploaded to
   the FTP overwriting the original one, doesn’t work. Should I be doing something
   differently?
 *  Thread Starter [Rachel Goldstein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rachelgoldstein71/)
 * (@rachelgoldstein71)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-newspaper-theme/#post-7158158)
 * I had applied the change to the child theme- but I just applied it to the parent
   theme instead, and I still can’t get it to work. Any more help you can provide
   would be appreciate. Thanks.
    Rachel
 *  Plugin Author [David Aguilera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davilera/)
 * (@davilera)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-newspaper-theme/#post-7158168)
 * Alex, Rachel,
 * Can any of you, guys, contact me via e-mail (customers at nelio software dot 
   com)? I think it’ll be better if I can discuss the issue directly via e-mail.
   I’d like to take a look at your sites and see what’s going on…
 * Thanks!

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