Feed Post Thumbnail

Description

With this plugin, an MRSS namespace is added to the site’s RSS feed to include each post’s thumbnail.

WP Feed Post Thumbnail is very lightweight and only adds two small options under Settings -> Reading.

Contribute

If you would like to contribute to this plugin, report an issue or anything like that, please note that we develop this plugin on GitHub.

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Installation

Manual Installation

1. Upload the entire /wp-feed-post-thumbnail directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate WP Feed Post Thumbnail through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. Enjoy more awesome RSS feeds

FAQ

Does the RSS feed still validate with this plugin enabled?

Yep, we add the proper XML namespaces for that. Everything just works as expected!

Any way to force the plugin to always add a certain thumbnail size?

Yes, the plugin has two filters available for this:

// Filters the size on media:content tag. Defaults to 'full'.
add_filter( 'wp_feed_post_thumbnail_image_size_full', function( $size ) {
    return 'large'; // Return any registered image size.
}, 10, 1 );

// Filters the size on the media:thumbnail tag. Defaults to 'thumbnail'.
add_filter( 'wp_feed_post_thumbnail_image_size_thumbnail', function( $size ) {
    return 'medium'; // Return any registered image size.
}, 10, 1 );

Can I change which images are shown?

Yes, the plugin has two filters available for this:

// Filters the featured image attachment post object.
add_filter( 'wp_feed_post_thumbnail_image', function( $thumbnail ) {
    return ''; // Return an empty string or another attachment post object.
}, 10, 1 );

// Filters the array of attachment post objects. Defaults to featured image post object if exists.
add_filter( 'wp_feed_post_thumbnail_images', function( $images ) {
    $attachment_id = '123';
    $images[] =  get_post( $attachment_id ); // Additional attachment post object.
    return images;
}, 10, 1 );

Can I change the title, description or author shown with the image?

Yes, there is a filter for each of these things:

// Filters the title on the media:title tag. Defaults to attachment title.
add_filter( 'wp_feed_post_thumbnail_title', function( $title ) {
    return 'Override title'; // Return any plain text.
}, 10, 1 );

// Filters the text on the media:description tag. Defaults to attachment description.
add_filter( 'wp_feed_post_thumbnail_description', function( $description ) {
    return 'Same description for all images'; // Return any plain string.
}, 10, 1 );

// Filters the name of the author on the media:copyright tag. Defaults to attachment author.
add_filter( 'wp_feed_post_thumbnail_author', function( $author_name ) {
    return 'Matt'; // Return any plain string.
}, 10, 1 );

Reviews

Not adding anything…

Clicknathan October 27, 2016 5 replies

Tried refreshing permalinks, saving settings on the General settings page you’ve added the two checkboxes to, nothing makes a difference. No post thumbnail in the feeds… Update! And then it started working! I’m guessing this may have had something to do with either my hosting’s caching or possibly even just my own browser cache. Works like a dream, thank you!

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

3.0.0 -2023-03-27

• Enhancement: Add setting to disable adding Media RSS namespace.
• Fixed: Prevent errors when unchecking all settings.
• Changed: Requires at least PHP 7.4 and WordPress 6.0.

2.1.2 – 2019-03-11

• Enhancement: Minor code improvements.
• Enhancement: New filter wp_feed_post_thumbnail_images to list multiple images
• Changed: minimum PHP version 5.4 & minimum WP version 4.7

For previous updates see Changelog.md.