Title: Using a second featured image
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Using a second featured image

 *  [benjaminaurelius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benjaminaurelius/)
 * (@benjaminaurelius)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-second-featured-image/)
 * Hi!
 * I am testing out this plugin and love the simplicity so far. Thank you for creating
   it!
 * I would love to take it a step further. So I have installed the Secondary Featured
   Image plugin like described: [https://github.com/voceconnect/multi-post-thumbnails/wiki](https://github.com/voceconnect/multi-post-thumbnails/wiki)
 * Personally I gave it the id=”header-image”. Now I am able to add to featured 
   images to a post. The normal featured image will be cropped differently and I
   will add a caption overlay, so it can be used for nice little thumbnails in menues
   etc.
    For that reason I wanted to have a second featured image, in my case the“
   header-image”, which should be big without text layers, so it could be used as
   a great header for the post (using your plugin). I am not very firm with php.
   I skimmed through the files of your plugin. Where would I have to enter the “
   header-image”-id, so that your plugin will pull the header image from the second
   image instead of the standard featured image?
 * Thank you so much and best greetings from Germany!
    Benjamin
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-featured-image-genesis/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-featured-image-genesis/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Robin Cornett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/littlerchicken/)
 * (@littlerchicken)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-second-featured-image/#post-5429836)
 * Hmmm….Benjamin, that’s an interesting question, and I can really only guess on
   the answer. If you do this, please note that any time this plugin is updated,
   your changes will be lost and you will have to redo them.
 * In the current version of Display Featured Image for Genesis, you’ll want to 
   look in the class-displayfeaturedimage-output.php file. Line 41 looks like this:
   `
   $item->original = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->
   ID ), 'original' );`
 * You’ll want to change that, maybe to something like:
    `$item->original = wp_get_attachment_image_src(
   MultiPostThumbnails::the_post_thumbnail( get_post_type(), 'header-image' ) );`
 * The reason I say “in the current version” is because I’m about to release the
   next version of the plugin, which has some great new features but has also undergone
   some restructuring. In the new version, which you can [go ahead and download from GitHub](https://github.com/robincornett/display-featured-image-genesis)
   if you want to experiment with that, the variables are all stored in the file
   class-displayfeaturedimage-common.php. The line to look for will be the same 
   content.
 * I plan on pushing the new version out in the next few days–at this point, I think
   it’s stable and won’t be changing, but there may be a tweak or two. If you’re
   comfortable downloading from GH, I would go ahead and use this version, instead
   of 1.1.3. Good luck! HTH
 *  Thread Starter [benjaminaurelius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benjaminaurelius/)
 * (@benjaminaurelius)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-second-featured-image/#post-5429839)
 * Thank you for the nice reply which i was very happy about.
 * I tested the provided code. And it worked.. somewhat 🙂 The post used the second
   featured image, but it used it four times (=four full width images aligned one
   over the other). And it pushed all the four images above what I think is called
   the genesis header hook.
    I will look into this tomorrow morning, but right now
   I wonder why it should take four images (and not 3 or 5?). Mhm.
 *  Plugin Author [Robin Cornett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/littlerchicken/)
 * (@littlerchicken)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-second-featured-image/#post-5429844)
 * That is really strange. The plugin only outputs the image once. I wonder if we
   need to add in the post ID argument to the new line?
 * `$item->original = wp_get_attachment_image_src( MultiPostThumbnails::the_post_thumbnail(
   get_post_type(), 'header-image', $post->ID ) );`
 * The other thing is that you may need to do some testing to see if the `wp_get_attachment_image_src`
   function works with the output from MultiPostThumbnails. I don’t think this is
   the issue, since you are getting the image, rather than it not displaying at 
   all, but it might be something to check out. Basically, the goal is to narrow
   down to just the URL of the featured image, but using this function, we are able
   to use some of the necessary metadata from it as well, to make sure the output
   behaves the way we want.
 *  Thread Starter [benjaminaurelius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benjaminaurelius/)
 * (@benjaminaurelius)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-second-featured-image/#post-5429876)
 * I am a bit sorry to ask, but how would I test the function you mentioned? I really
   do not know php other than I am lucky enough to find the right code line.
 * After checking the elements with google chrome I came across one thing, which
   might help.
    When the image is displayed correctly the hierarchy looks something
   like this: body-> div site container -> div big-leader -> image After applying
   the new code (the one with the four images) I saw that all the images are written
   directly into the body. The div big-leader container doesnt appear at all. Personally
   I do not know what this could mean.
 * I also checked another plugin, which is called “Genesis custom header” I think.
   In this plugin there is the option to attach an image to the header instead of
   using the featured image. So exactly what I try to achieve. This is done via 
   a simple upload button which makes it convient enough for us non-coders. I like
   the optical style of your plugin much better, though. Maybe an option like this
   would be something for an update in the feature?
 *  Plugin Author [Robin Cornett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/littlerchicken/)
 * (@littlerchicken)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-second-featured-image/#post-5429902)
 * Hey Benjamin!
 * The idea for this plugin is really to keep things as simple as possible for the
   end user, which is why I’m using the built in featured image option. I intentionally
   do not want to add new things that have to be done every time to make something
   look the way it should.
 * One suggestion I would make is that maybe you should switch how you are wanting
   to use the two plugins–use the MultiPostThumbnails plugin for things like menu
   images with overlays, and keep the main featured image for this. Since I assume
   you are having to do the code work for the MultiPostThumbnails output anyway,
   you could theoretically do that without writing in this plugin.
 * However, I did some looking into the plugin and what’s going on is that you need
   to access a different function to get the MultiPostThumbnails data needed. The
   original function from the wiki actually outputs the image, so it’s not going
   to work. Instead, you want to use `get_post_thumbnail_id` from that plugin, which
   returns the appropriate file information.
 * You can comment out the $item->original line in the `elseif ( is_singular...`
   section and try replacing it with these two lines:
 * `$headerimage = MultiPostThumbnails::get_post_thumbnail_id( get_post_type(), '
   header-image', $post->ID ); // gets the header-image id from the plugin`
    `$item-
   >original = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $headerimage, 'backstretch' ); // retrieves
   the source info (URL, width, etc.) from the header-image`
 * The problem is that the conditional is checking the post’s featured image data
   to get to this point (if the featured image is small, then my plugin won’t use
   it, which is intentional), so really, you’ll probably need to figure out how 
   to add in a new conditional to check your header-image instead of the featured
   image/post thumbnail. It should be doable, but it’s beyond the scope of what 
   I can offer through this forum.
 * Good luck!

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