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Is it possible to use this in a theme, or is it just for reference in the WP admin? If it can be used in the theme, as I hope, what’s the code to do so? If it’s not built for that, can you tell me where it stores this information in the database so I can look at working around that? Thanks!

(It looks like it’s in wp_postmeta with the meta_key of ‘_wp_attached_file’ but… the post_id doesn’t match the post I attached it to, so it seems rather peculiar, and which is why I ask about the database location.)

I’m not sure I understand your question.

You want to include the plugin into a theme as part of the core theme files?

What is the benefit of that over just using it as a separate plugin? Since this is an open source license, you are welcome to go through the code to find the function(s) that drive the feature.

However, I can not comment on specifics about your theme or the specific lines of code, as there are too many variables. If you would like one of use to provide you with custom services, you are welcome to contact use through our development and consulting platform.

No, I don’t want to include the plugin into a theme. Not exactly, anyway. What I want to know is if there’s a way to show the “featured image” I’ve selected with your plugin on a post page–you know, before the post content or in some other place, or on a category page as a thumbnail for my post.

If there’s no support to do this I wanted to know if you could tell me where you’re storing the featured image (I don’t mean the actual image, I just mean the path/URL to the image) in the database and I’ll just access it for display myself. Thanks.

You will find the featured images listed in the database under:

Table: wp_posts

Column: post_type

Post Type: attachment

On any of those lines, you will find the accompanying url in the ‘guid’ column.

As far as showing the image you select, that is usually a theme specific function, which is handled through a theme’s page template settings. If your theme doesn’t offer that feature, you are probably going to have to use a plugin that does that already.

that is a feature we have planned for a later release, but it is not included as of yet. Our plugin was originally created to aid in the organization of posts and Blog thumbnailing.

Oh, okay, I see it now. ‘wp_postmeta’ contains a meta_key of “_thumbnail_id” for the post_id in question where the meta_value is the ID for the ‘wp_posts’ record whose guid is the image selected as the featured image. Wonderful. Thanks.

(This is for a custom theme for a client, not a theme I’m using out of the box. We really liked your implementation for the selected image so I had to figure out how to get that image for display within the theme (since as you said, it’s not included in your plugin yet). Thanks for your help.)

Hey mclth-

Since you found what you are looking for, I should mention that we have since released the Pro Addon which enables you to change, add or remove the Featured image using the Quick edit feature on the Post/Page list pages.

You can find links in the settings area of the new release of the free version. We will also be adding some functionality to the Free and Pro versions shortly.

Just trying to find the “extra” time.

Johnny