Set Featured Image

The feature image is saved as an attachment ID in the post-meta field “thumbnail”. There is also a function for this: https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/set_post_thumbnail/

See also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43686586/attaching-a-thumbnail-while-using-wp-insert-post-in-wordpress

when you inserting post using $post_id = wp_insert_post( $args );?this function set featured image using attachment ID and post ID.

submit post get image url and pass into this function: $image_id = media_sideload_image( $image_url, $post_id, $image_name ); you will get image id then set into this function: set_post_thumbnail( $post_id, $image_id );

Thanks @jayeshchopda. I used your code. But I can’t see Featured Image.

@jayeshchopda, I used /wp-content/uploads/images/1712315199-6728.jpg this url.

• This reply was modified 7 months, 3 weeks ago by mabufoysal.

media_sideload_image expects a URL, not a local path. If you already have the file locally, you must pass its ID to set_post_thumbnail().