Images not showing

  • adejones

    (@adejones)


    11 years, 1 month ago

    I am developing a site for somebody which has a blog page with several sample blog posts on at present, and on their home page i have added a recent blog posts box to display the latest 2 posts from category ID 2.
    I am using the_excerpt to get these which adds the continue reading link after so many words.
    Problem is, on the sample blog posts I have added a 125px by 125px image which is displaying fine in the blog page but not on the home page, i want it to display as a thumbnail on the home page, say 75px by 75px.
    Is it because I am using the_excerpt and if I must use the_content then how do I keep the continue reading link?
    Thanks

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  • M

    (@metacomcreative)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    It sounds like you are trying to display the Featured Image along with your excerpts. You can use the_post_thumbnail to do that.

    You can use add_image_size to create an additional size for your thumbnail (i.e., 75x75px). Check to make sure your theme supports it, and then you can add something like:

    if ( function_exists( 'add_image_size' ) ) {
	add_image_size( 'excerpt-thumb', 75, 75, true ); // Crop to 75 x 75px
}

    Then, you can use that new size when you grab the Featured Image. For example, your final result may look something like the following:

    <?php
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { // check if the post has a Post Thumbnail assigned to it.
  the_post_thumbnail('excerpt-thumb');
}
?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
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