Thumbnail not showing in RSS feed list

Hi @mtchong I see images on all of your blog posts, so the plugin is working as intended. I am not sure in your case why the main article would show the image, and not all, but usually that is related to the image sizes, if they are too small, etc.

The Thumbnail size is usually 80×80 set by WordPress or your theme. The image size you should choose depends on the display, but often Large or Full is best.

Hope that helps. Please let me know if you run into any issues or have continued trouble.

I’m not sure I asked the question well enough. See the two feeds shown in the screenshot linked below. Why does mine not display a thumbnail?

https://michaeltchong.com/email/images/Reeder-feed-comparison.jpg

Hi @mtchong yes I see, the images are missing from their display… you may need to reach out to their support team or documentation on what the image requirements for their display are.

As mentioned, try setting your image size to Large, clear your site page/server cache, and then resubmit the feed to their platform and add a “cachebuster” to the URL, such as yoursitedomain.com/feed/?nocache123 and that should force it to reload the site finding the larger images.

Please use our RSS Image Checker to troubleshoot the types of images your feed includes here:

https://5starplugins.com/rss-image-checker/

Their service may also pull in media or enclosure tag images, not images appended to the front of the post. In that case, try the free 14 day trial of the premium version, and see if enabling Media and Enclosure tag images helps solve the issue.

When you say support team, do you mean the Reeder app people or Feedly? Also, can you direct me to instructions on how to send a cache buster URL to Feedly?

@mtchong I would suggest Feedly if that’s what you’re using to read the feed, I am not sure if Reeder is just a Feedly-based app, or a standalone reader itself.

You would submit your URL with that cachebuster to wherever you are submitting the regular URL, replace the URL.

Feedly does not allow editing of the feed URL, and despite putting in the new nochache URL, it looks like it still reverts back to the old one. I will sign up for a trial to see if that helps with the thumbnails.

Thanks for all your help. ??

Hi @mtchong, did you reach something to fix adding other sizes? as I have same issue it only chooses Full size, and I don’t see other sizes!

I added the thumbnail image in Media settings, but that didn’t solve the problem of image previews in my specific RSS reader (Reeder). I do get the full-sized image in the actual post, though.

@mtchong Thumbnails may be too small to be picked up. Feedly requires larger images, I believe at least 600px wide.

@mtchong did you find a solution? I am having the same issue. The thumbnails on my feed stop appearing.

@ronyedin Please use our RSS Image Checker to test your feed:

https://5starplugins.com/rss-image-checker/

If images are showing there, the service displaying your feed may need larger images (use Large or Full), and see if that helps. Or they may require Media Tag or Enclosure tag images, please test that using the free 14 day trial to confirm.

Hi @ronyedin did you ever figure this out? It’s been happening with my blog for a few months now. I did the upgrade free trial and enabled Media and Enclosure tag images, to no avail.

@outofofficesw It’s best to start your own thread for support of your own issues, I am happy to help see what’s going on… let me know specifics in a new thread, if you don’t mind?