When I create a new post, I am given the option to have “Format” of Standard or Video. I want to use the Video, but the Single post always removes the featured Image. How can I include the Featured Image on the posts that I select “Video” format?
Hello paperweight,
When you select the Video format, the WordPress will automatically add as feature image to be the cover image of your video. So, after this one has been loaded, you can remove it and add your desired featured image.
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi:
I don’t quite understand. I have many posts that have Video as the format selected. And each one has their own Featured Image already. But one of them show the Featured Image on each Post. If I change the format to Standard, then the Featured Images appear. But if I remain them Video format, no Featured Images appear… why?
These posts don’t have uploaded videos to WordPress either. These all are either Podcasts with audio files or they are Youtube videos embedded in each post… so is there a quick fix to get these to show?
Is there a template file that is specifically for the Video format? If there is, then I can make it a child theme file and tweak it, but I’m unclear which file is responsible.
Hello,
If the posts are not even videos, why would you use the video format? Please do not use the video format without actually adding a video in the featured video section. Use the standard post type and place the featured image by using the featured image option. We have not tested the behavior of the video post template without an actual video. if you want to customize the video post styles, you can find them in the main root directory of the theme: https://www.screencast.com/t/tFokUxtW
You can also create your own custom post templates using the cloud library plugin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC-gCCy80Gw
Thank you!
I am migrating a big website from another theme to Newspaper. On the other theme we used the Video format because we had Video podcasts that were hosted on Youku and Youtube and then embedded in each Post, so the format of that other Theme worked well for what we needed to do. So when we moved over, all looks good except the Featured Image at the top is missing.
Most importantly, we like the video icon that is placed on the featured image — it works well on all the archive pages, but only on the Single does it not appear and the Featured image also does not appear.
I’m using the Default post template so that corresponds to the loop-single.php so the code below appears to be responsible for displaying the featured image. But It doesn’t appear to reference the Post Format type?
<?php
// override the default featured image by the templates (single.php and home.php/index.php - blog loop)
if (!empty(td_global::$load_featured_img_from_template)) {
echo $td_mod_single->get_image(td_global::$load_featured_img_from_template);
} else {
echo $td_mod_single->get_image('td_696x0');
}
?>
The reference to the post type would be in the main post file here
– https://www.screencast.com/t/LeVkeYN4GbX
If you know what modifications are needed you can also make them in a child theme, that file is supported
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/the-child-theme-support-tutorial/
Ah many thanks! I will use that in a child theme! Thanks so much~
