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WordPress Post Thumbnails Revisited

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
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Shortly after the release of WordPress 2.9, I published my technique for bulletproof post thumbnails. Since then, it’s evolved yet simplified into a more robust solution, specifically for use in WordPress themes. The problem, was that each image uploaded was generating a new set of images in various sizes, on top of the three that WordPress creates by default. This resulted in 6 or 7 images, instead of just a handful. While this isn’t really a huge deal, it means you’re going to be using more space on your server, and the uploads directory will get a bit unruly.

Bulletproof Post Thumbnails in WordPress 2.9

Sunday, January 10th, 2010
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Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on an update for my video-centric WordPress theme, Wave. It’s a bit overdue, but every time I sit down with it, I end up packing something new in that will definitely please my customers and will hopefully justify the wait. Since WordPress 2.9 was recently released, I decided to look into the new Post Thumbnails functionality and see if I could make use of it in my themes. At this point, there isn’t much in the way of documentation, so I thought I would share my …