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September 3, 2014 at 6:50 am #122554BelindaParticipant
On my blog I've used the Featured Image setting in each post to set the image I want to use as the featured image. I assumed this would be the image shown when people view each of my categories and see my post listed but for some reason it isn't.
Also when I share the post via facebook by copy & pasting the post URL, it also does not use the featured image that I've set and I cannot work out how it determines which image to use. I thought it might just use the first image from the post but that doesn't appear to be the case either.
Can anyone shed some light on this??
http://www.thetraininglady.comSeptember 3, 2014 at 10:45 am #122606WebmasterMemberHi Belinda,
It looks like you have resolved getting your featured images to show up in your category list. If not, please elaborate on what you are trying to accomplish. As for the Facebook problem, I would suggest that you take a look at All in One SEO Pack Pro v2.0 All-in-one SEO (currently on sale for $39.00). It has a social tab (add on from under Feature Manager - Social Meta) which lets you set the image and text picked up by Facebook and others. Once the feature is enabled It adds a "All in One SEO Pack Pro" section to each post and page. There you will see the "Social Settings" tab where the image and description can be set. Once that is done, when you share a page or post URL on Facebook, it grabs the image and description. It works great. I suppose you could try the free version first, but I don't think the feature pack is included with that..
“If it works, mark the post as [Resolved] so others will feel comfortable trying the solution on their website.“
September 3, 2014 at 7:44 pm #122686BelindaParticipantNo i haven't resolved this.
As an example, on page http://www.thetraininglady.com/microsoft-windows/ i have a post titled "Create a custom toolbar menu in Windows". On that post i selected the first image displayed in the post as the "Featured Image" but on the above page it is showing the second image from the post (shows a keyboard shortcut key combination) instead. Then when I shared the URL for this post on my facebook page is shows the 3rd image from the post as the thumbnail.
I'm confused on how WP is picking which image from the post is being displayed as the thumbnail when it doesn't appear to pay any attention to the image I've chosen in the Featured Image section of the actual post.
September 6, 2014 at 5:56 pm #123094WebmasterMemberSee if this Autoset Featured Image plugin will help.
At least that way you know it will always be the first image in the post.
And as I mentioned above, All in One SEO Pack Pro works wonders with Facebook.
“If it works, mark the post as [Resolved] so others will feel comfortable trying the solution on their website.“
September 8, 2014 at 4:49 pm #123495BelindaParticipantIt's the plugin I'm using. I'm using Posts for Page plugin and it randomly selects an image from the post to use as the thumbnail so I've contacted the developer.
Maybe I'll have to see if I can find another similar plugin to use.
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