Well, let’s do a quick test. What happens if you change the theme to twentytwenty?
Hi @sterndata.
I have tried changing the theme but it still does not appear.
But the problem is not that the featured image is not displayed on the front, it appears fine there. The failure is in the backend, when creating or modifying a post, that in the right sidebar does not appear the option to add/remove featured image of a post.
OK, then, we’ve ruled out the theme.
Time for deeper troubleshooting. This may be a plugin or theme conflict. Please attempt to disable all plugins, and use one of the default (Twenty*) themes. If the problem goes away, enable them one by one to identify the source of your troubles.
If you can install plugins, install “Health Check”: https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/ On the troubleshooting tab, you can click the button to disable all plugins and change the theme for you, while you’re still logged in, without affecting normal visitors to your site. You can then use its admin bar menu to turn on/off plugins and themes one at a time.
I have checked that the featured image section does appear, but after 2/3 minutes. As well as the categories dropdown, which takes a while to show the categories created.
It should show immediately. Did you do the troubleshooting I recommended?
