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Best & Simplest Way To Add Thumbnail to Post Excerpts in Wordpress Themes

4 October 2009 Comments
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Adding images to post excerpts can be done in number of ways but the simplest & best way is the concern of most of the wordpress users. Why? Adding images using custom fields is good but not the best.

What if, after writing so many posts to your blog & then after going to add images via custom field separately for each post. Its hectic.

Why not go for a solution that is just 2 clicks away?

Yes, I am talking about the most easiest & reliable way to add thumbnail images to posts excerpts with these benefits:

[1] Using the first image of any post as the thumbnail image of that post wherever you show excerpts (archive page, feed, category page).

[2] No matter, which medium you use for storing the images used in the post, this method will work.

[3] NO need to work with custom fields. Using images that are already in the post.

In simple words, this method will work also for the images that are actually NOT hosted on your wordpress. So, you can also use blogger, photobucket or any other as your image storage medium.

So, just download the Thumbnail for Excerpts plugin for wordpress. Upload it to the wordpress directory & Activate it. All Done, it will do all the job for you. Simple & Easy.

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  • anthony
    HI,

    I have a question here,

    How to define ("TFE_CLASS","imgtfe"); in (thumbnailforexcerpts.php)

    what code should i put in in thumbnailforexcerpts.php
  • Its Simple, just open the thumbnailforexcerpts.php in the Plugin directory & serch for TFE_CLASS. you can change the attribute there. But if you dont find it there you can simple add it at the bottom of pre-defined custom attributes.
  • tango
    this plugin can be applied to WP Page & child page, not category.
    Do you have good idea for Page?
  • Hi Riddhi,

    I tried it but the results are not what I hoped... Cuold you please take a look at it?

    http://abono-organico.com/
  • Jeff
    It's one way, and it is simple, but this will only work if 1) you have an image in your post, and 2) you want the (first) image to also be your thumbnail image. I have faced both of those situations. And in case anyone missed it, here's another way (found this article from the blog post comment at this link):

    http://swiftthemes.com/2009/10/wordpress/best-way-to-add-post-thumbanils-to-your-wordpress-theme/
  • Hi!! I was looking just for that! but when I add it to my blog, it doesn't work. It shows the first image of the first post in all of them... if you get into my blog http://www.novedadesweb.net you'll see it. Any idea of why this could be happening? Thanks!
  • if you want more manual control, I show how to create a this function on your theme, even with photobucket hosted images here: http://blog.perfectedperspectives.com/2010/first-image-th…ng-photobucket/

    This plugin looks pretty Cool though!!
  • Yes, it is , but The Thumbnails for excerpts plugin works fine with photobucket images also.
  • Hello,

    Thanks for your post. I was searching for a method to show thumbnails when the images are hosted in photobucket and landed down in your post.

    I activated this plug-in but it is not working for me. I don't see any thumbnails :( I am using Revolution Church template. Can you please check and get this work for me, Pretty please?
  • Revolution Church template uses its own custom fields to add images for thumbnails.
    You use photobucket to host your images, its fine but its not the only case I have seen till now.
    I too use this plugin & i tried it over photobucket & blogger images in the post, Its working great
  • Man, thanks for your reply. I even tried mailing you thinking you would not bother replying me here Lol Sorry.

    Well, it works for the categories like when I point my browser to http://howtodate101.com/category/dating-women or http://howtodate101.com/category/online-dating. I see the thumbnails works just great! However the homepage does not show up the thumbnails. Can you help me out, please?
  • I just visited your Home-page & all the thumbnails images are there. It working fine.
  • I looked at your problem, but I think that plugin should work alright. It automatically takes the first image in every post & uses as its thumbnail. Try out uploading the plugin & activating it again.
  • Not bad but all thumbs are squared, could it be possible to have a specific format ?
  • Yes its possible. Thumbnail For Excerpts Plugin allows you to customize the size, css and alignment. For your convenience I am reposting them here.
    Open the PHP file in the plugin directory & edit your preferences

    define("TFE_ALIGN","left"); can be left or right

    define("TFE_SIZE","100"); the size of the thumbnail;

    define("TFE_LINK","yes"); can be yes or no; if yes, the image will link to the post

    define("TFE_CLASS","imgtfe"); the class for the thumbnail images; you can change it or use this class in you CSS file

    define("TFE_TITLE","no"); if yes, it will use titles for pictures (when you move mouse over the picture you will see the alt text).
  • Akrati
    One of the very best plugins for showing thunmnails wordpress.
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