Need Custom Link URL for Featured Image (Post Thumbnail)

[derivativeParticipant]

I am having trouble coding this to function properly.

I have a site where I need to display the post thumbnail or featured images below the title (which works fine). On the Single Posts I need to have the featured image link to a custom URL as set by a custom field that I made called featured_image_offer_url

 

Here is the code that I have so far (the image only returns the post URL in the a href= ( I see the get_permalink()))

 

/** Add custom field below post title */
add_action( ‘genesis_after_post_title’, ‘luscious_post_image’, 8 );
function luscious_post_image() {

if ( is_page() )
return;

if(is_home()) {

if ( $image = genesis_get_image( ‘format=url&size=post-photo’ ) ) {
printf( ‘<a href=”%s” rel=”bookmark”><img class=”post-photo” src=”%s” alt=”%s” /></a>’, get_permalink(), $image, the_title_attribute( ‘echo=0′ ) );
}
}
/** Single post featured image */

if(is_single()) {

if ( $image = genesis_get_image( ‘format=url&size=post-photo’ ) ) {

printf( ‘<a href=”%s”><img class=”post-photo” src=”%s” alt=”%s” /></a>’, get_permalink(), $image, the_title_attribute( ‘echo=0′ ) );
}

}

}

[nickthegeekKeymaster Post count: 597]

the second time you use get_permalink() you should be using genesis_get_custom_field(‘featured_image_offer_url’)

[derivativeParticipant]

Unfortunately it still doesn’t work:

The custom field is featured_image_offer_url and the URL is put in as plain text (do I need to put in as HTML)

The featured image is still linking to the post itself, not the custom URL.

Do I need to register the custom field some other way? I am using the advanced custom fields plugin to create it.

[derivativeParticipant]

Unfortunately it still doesn’t work:

The custom field is featured_image_offer_url and the URL is put in as plain text (do I need to put in as HTML)

The featured image is still linking to the post itself, not the custom URL.

Do I need to register the custom field some other way? I am using the advanced custom fields plugin to create it.

[nickthegeekKeymaster Post count: 597]

If you are using the ACF plugin check with them to see the recommended function to retrieve custom field data. They have their own function for that.

[derivativeParticipant]

If I wanted to ditch the ACF plugin and use the genesis function to retrieve the URL as you stated, how would I register the custom field?

[derivativeParticipant]

Solved!

[nickthegeekKeymaster Post count: 597]

you could just add a custom field. No need for anything fancy. If oyu don’t see the custom field meta box click “screen options” and make sure that it is enabled there.

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