Cropped Thumbnail won't appear as Featured Image

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    Just upgraded to 3.0.3

    My cropped thumbnail images don’t show as the featured image when selected, the image reverts to the thumbnail image wordpress created automatically. The thumbnail I created does show as the thumbnail in the media library and in the featured image selector. But, when I select it as the featured image the old image instantly appears under the featured image on the posting screen rather than the thumbnail I created. I am selecting the thumbnail size, then clicking on Use as Featured Image and updating the posting. I have cleared my browser cache, deleted the images, renamed them and uploaded them again, but nothing seems to work. I am new to wordpress, but this was working before, but stopped working in the last week or so. Not sure if it is caused by the upgrade to 3.0.3 or not, but it seems suspect to me. Any help or advice?

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  • Thread Starter ColorKey

    (@colorkey)

    So, what is a reasonable time to wait on a reply to an issue here in the forum? Am I being impatient or have I entered this issue in the wrong place? Has it been resolved somewhere else or something?

    Thanks
    Shawn

    You are using timthumbs script in the file and it does basically the same thing as the_post_thumbnail, but in a different way. You need to choose to go with one of the solutions. I recommend the built-in one.

    Thread Starter ColorKey

    (@colorkey)

    Thanks a bunch for replying and for the info, but I don’t know what timthumbs is or how to disable it. I don’t see it in my plugins and not sure what the script would look like in the post or how it might have got there in the first place. I would much rather use the built in WP functions. Any idea how to stop or disable timthumbs?

    Thanks
    Shawn

    You need to go to the theme files, probably home.php and index.php and remove code that looks like this:

    <img width="120" height="120" alt="DIY LED Halloween Costume-A Jellyfish" src="https://www.ledlights101.com/wp-content/themes/FreshAndClean/functions/timthumb.php?src=https://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/W1/halloween_costumes_14_1010-lg.jpg&h=120&w=120&s=1">

    On theme some part of this code will be PHP – leave that and remove only the timthumb bits.

    Thread Starter ColorKey

    (@colorkey)

    Well, thanks again for the effort, but I am a new to wordpress and a novice at HTML. I don’t see how to access home.php or index.php. If I go to the Edit Themes page there is a timthumbs section of code, but no way to disable it. I want to disable it permanently for all the posts. Unless there is some way for me to crop the thumbnails using timthumbs. All I want is to be able to crop a thumbnail and have my version of the thumbnail show up for the post. Whatever is the easiest way to that.

    If you are that new to WP, it will be a little hard to handle.

    You need to know one thing, the image you put on the post editor is different from the thumbnail image that shows next to posts in homage.

    Would you like me to get on board to help you for a few bucks?

    Thread Starter ColorKey

    (@colorkey)

    Thanks for the offer, but I have a $0 budget. Hate to say this, but I am far more familiar with blogger and wordpress seems to make simple things complicated by comparison. So, I am new to wordpress, but the concepts are not new to me. Is there a tutorial or something I can check out? I have looked for info about timthumbs, but nothing seems to tell me how to crop the thumnails. I am using the Fresh and Clean theme and the thumnail issue seems to be part of the theme. I might consider changing themes, but not sure.

    @banago: Soliciting for paid work in not allowed on this forum.

    @esmi: Sorry

    Thread Starter ColorKey

    (@colorkey)

    @esmi Thanks for letting us know, but can you answer my question or offer me any assistance? ??

    sorry for the late reply.. firstly yes timthumb is your problem.. incase you dont know timthumb is a famous script online to automatically resize images dynamically to the specified size.. it is being used in many theme to make it hassle free for end-users to crop their images..
    that being said.. i think your better off cropping you own images as you want.. if u can tell me the name of the current theme you are having problems with.. i can help you solve this specific problem..

    Thread Starter ColorKey

    (@colorkey)

    The theme is called “Fresh and Clean.” I realize I can download the image and use an image editor to create my own thumnail and then upload that as the featured image. But, this seemed over complicated at first. Now I am thinking that this is the only way. Doesn’t seem very user friendly, like timthumbs is creating more work for me by trying to automate what I am going to have to do manually myself anyways. Unless there is an easy way to either turn off timthumbs or crop the thumbnail using timthumbs.

    i can understand your frustration at this time.. let me just have a look at that fresh and clean theme u mentioned.. will reply back with the solution in a few minutes..

    yes.. ive got the solution.. but the thing is you will need to edit 2 files to get everything working.. so do u know who to edit theme files ?
    it is also advised to backup your previous theme.. just to be safe..

    Thread Starter ColorKey

    (@colorkey)

    I think so, it would be under appearance then editor yes? I can do a back up as well. What do I need to do?

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