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WordPress WordPress Theme Development Custom Post Type Templates in WordPress The Portfolio Homepage

Kyle Shamblin
Kyle Shamblin
9,945 Points
Posted by Kyle Shamblin
Kyle Shamblin
9,945 Points

Do I need to select the featured image manually?

Do I need to select the featured image manually? I'm confused, I followed everything to a T as far as I know. In the video it doesn't show him actually selecting a featured image, he only adds the images and edits the page-portfolio.php file. I couldn't get the image to display on the Portfolio page without going into the post and manually choosing a featured image.

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Chris Shaughnessy
Chris Shaughnessy
26,175 Points

You do need to add the featured image to the post manually. He doesn't show you this in the current video, but I believe he does in past videos, when he sets up his test portfolio posts. The template he's writing loops through all the portfolio posts, and if there's a featured image it is grabbed to display on that page. Make sure the 'pink-star' post has a featured image added.

Kyle Shamblin
Kyle Shamblin
9,945 Points
Kyle Shamblin
Kyle Shamblin
9,945 Points

Ok. I thought so, I just wanted to make sure. Thanks for the response!