Use the Attachment Image! allows the first attachment image associated with a post to be displayed nearly anywhere on a blog, simply by adding a special function to a loop. This plugin is a perfect compliment for magazine themes.
This plugin can include images of nearly any size, simply by using the included <?php use_the_attachment_image(); ?> function. See the installation page for more details regarding usage.
To utilize this plugin, you will first need to upload
use_attachment_image.php to the
/wp-content/plugins/ directory on your web server; and activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
Next, place
<?php use_the_attachment_image() ?> (will include a link to the post), or
<?php use_the_attachment_image_nolink() ?> (will NOT include a link to the post) in your template to include a thumbnail of the first attachment image. Note the function must be inside of a WordPress loop.
By default, this function will include a thumbnail image. To include images of different sizes, use the respective functions below. You may also use
<?php use_the_attachment_image_nolink() ?> in place of
<?php use_the_attachment_image() ?> here.
Thumbnail <?php use_the_attachment_image('thumbnail'); ?>
Medium <?php use_the_attachment_image('medium'); ?></p>
Large <?php use_the_attachment_image('large'); ?></p>
Full <?php use_the_attachment_image('full'); ?>
20 px <?php use_the_attachment_image(array(20,20)); ?>
Feel free to replace 20px with another specific size to best meet your needs. Note that WordPress will scale a larger image down to give you the size you desire here.
It is possible to include a thumbnail image from each post in your RSS feed. To do this, simply add this code to your theme's functions.php file. From
cd harrison.
<?php if (function_exists('use_the_attachment_image')) { function insertAttachmentRSS($content) { global $post; { $content = use_the_attachment_image() . $content; } return $content; } add_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'insertAttachmentRSS'); add_filter('the_content_feed', 'insertAttachmentRSS'); } ?>
See
an example of how this plugin can be used.