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WordPress

Posted by Gavin Mace
Gavin Mace
30,747 Points

WordPress "Featured Image" isn't working on my Custom Theme.

Hey guys,

I've setup a website using WordPress and using all the settings that I've learned on Team Treehouse and when I go to add a blog post, the "Featured Image" widget isn't showing.

I've Googled and it says that this can be based on your theme. I've reverted my site back to a WordPress default one and the "Featured Image" width shows fine.

Any tips for how to start troubleshooting this one and to get Featured Image back?

EDIT - I found a small work around. If I change the theme to a standard one, upload my blog image, then revert back to my custom theme .... The featured image shows fine :)

Not really solved the problem, but it's something that's workable.

2 Answers

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
19,024 Points

Pretty sure you'll need to add theme support for the featured images, or "post_thumbnails". Try adding the below into your theme's functions.php.

add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );

Gavin Mace
Gavin Mace
30,747 Points
Gavin Mace
Gavin Mace
30,747 Points

Thanks bro!

Took 2 seconds and voila! working now :)