Featured image for custom post type

[sanderpinkse 0]

I just discovered featured images are not working for custom post types in PlatformPro. That is because support for featured images needs to be declared explicitly for every post type in functions.php. Adding support for my custom post type in functions.php in PlatformBase didn't work. The only solution I could find was editing core.init.php directly. That does work, but surely there has to be a better way to handle this? Cheers, Sander

[evert100 1]

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[sanderpinkse 0]

To clarify my previous message: when I'm talking about featured images, I mean post thumbnails, not the images in a feature slider.

[Simon 248]

Sander can you post your 'add support' code please.

[sanderpinkse 0]

Hi Simon, I'd like to, but I'm afraid I haven't got a clue what an "add support code" is. Sorry...

[Simon 248]

I mean what code are you using to declare your custom post type?

[sanderpinkse 0]

Ah! Sorry for being a bit dense. I don't declare them myself, but have been using the "Custom Post Type UI" plugin. If I change add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails', array('post') ); in core.init.php to add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails', array('post', 'my_custom_post_name') ); the featured image field shows up in the backend on my CPT pages. Cheers, Sander

[cmunns 16]

So then this is resolved?

[sanderpinkse 0]

Well, in the sense that I can get the post thumbnails to behave properly, yes. But the only solution I could find was editing core.init.php. Not an ideal solution, to put it mildly. I could do a lot of damage there. And my edits will be wiped out the next time you guys do an update... Cheers, Sander

[cmunns 16]

You can add the add_theme_support function directly to the functions.php file in -Base

[sanderpinkse 0]

Thanks! That was the first thing I tried, but it didn't work for me at the time. I probably made a typo, because now it works like a charm. Thanks for the help!