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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Attaching thumbnails to images already posted](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attaching-thumbnails-to-images-already-posted/)
 *  [spectrum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spectrum/)
 * (@spectrum)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attaching-thumbnails-to-images-already-posted/#post-135669)
 * Well, I found a solution! When posting a new photo, you have to provide the absolute
   link to the photo in the ‘Excerpt’ field. To clarify, the ‘Excerpt’ field is 
   available under the Advanced Controls of the Admin page. It’s as easy as that!
 * There’s no need for generating thumbnails. Now I have to figure out how to display
   thumbnails in my Firefox RSS reader. Perhaps there’s a plugin to enable that 
   feature, or maybe it just isn’t capable of displaying thumbnails.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Attaching thumbnails to images already posted](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attaching-thumbnails-to-images-already-posted/)
 *  [spectrum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spectrum/)
 * (@spectrum)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attaching-thumbnails-to-images-already-posted/#post-135668)
 * Adding to what MsCantBWrong (MCBW) mentioned above, I searched the [forum](http://www.topleftpixel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62&highlight=thumbnail+feed)
   located at [Daily Dose of Imagery](http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/), knowing from
   one of his entries that his thumbnails display in RSS readers. When I ran a search
   on “thumbnail rss” in his forum, I found that in his code for the feed, he includes
   the `<content:encode></content:encode>` tags which contain in it `<![CDATA[( )]]
   >`.
    I’m led to believe that because WordPress’ RSS generator does not include
   this in the RSS feed, the thumbnails are not displayed.
 * I also found information via a Wiki called [Roll Your Own RSS](http://wiki.photoblogs.org/wiki/Roll_Your_Own_RSS)
   that mentions the extra code needed as outlined above. This could be the missing
   element needed to display photoblog thumbnails in RSS readers.
 * The question is how do we include or enable that in our WordPress-generated RSS
   feed?

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