Featured Image

what theme are you working with?

It’s the Forever theme.

to keep the full post while showing a featured image, edit this section in content.php:

<div class="entry-content">
		<?php if ( '' != get_the_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
			<figure class="entry-thumb">
				<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( forever_get_post_thumbnail_size() ); ?></a>
			</figure><!-- .gallery-thumb -->
			<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
		<?php } else { ?>
			<?php the_content( __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'forever' ) ); ?>
		<?php } // if ( '' != get_the_post_thumbnail() ) ?>
		<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-links">' . __( 'Pages:', 'forever' ), 'after' => '</div>' ) ); ?>
	</div><!-- .entry-content -->

and change it to:

<div class="entry-content">
		<?php if ( '' != get_the_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
			<figure class="entry-thumb">
				<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( forever_get_post_thumbnail_size() ); ?></a>
			</figure><!-- .gallery-thumb -->
		<?php }
			the_content( __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'forever' ) ); ?>

		<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-links">' . __( 'Pages:', 'forever' ), 'after' => '</div>' ) ); ?>
	</div><!-- .entry-content -->

Well, that did it, thanks so much!! I am definitely unfamiliar in editing the code, so I appreciate the help. Would you recommend that I should create a child theme before doing changes like this, so that I have something to revert back to if I make a mistake?

I really appreciate the help, thanks!!

Would you recommend that I should create a child theme before doing changes like this, so that I have something to revert back to if I make a mistake?

might be a good idea;

back-up copies are also quite useful.