{"id":18992038,"date":"2026-08-13T02:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/not-pulling-featured-images-correctly\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T02:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:26:32","slug":"not-pulling-featured-images-correctly","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/not-pulling-featured-images-correctly\/","title":{"rendered":"Not pulling Featured Images correctly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Featured-image statuses succeed when the WordPress post itself is scheduled for future publication, but fail when the same type of post is published or updated immediately. Immediate actions produce either \u201cInvalid post: Image could not be read from its URL\u201d or a GraphQL <code>assets[0].image.metadata.altText<\/code> null error. The featured images are existing JPG Media Library attachments with alt text populated before publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am using Quick Featured Images to assign featured images but I always &#8220;Save Draft&#8221; and make sure the correct image is assigned, before hitting &#8220;Publish&#8221; or &#8220;Update&#8221; as appropriate.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/3375fb26-0aef-4d31-8ccb-88c3725f3c9a\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18992038","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18992038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18992038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18992045,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18992038\/revisions\/18992045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18992038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}