How to add images to my recent posts?

  • I am trying to pull in my recent posts and place them on my home page and I want to pull in the title and the first image that is displayed in the post to display on my homepage. What is the easiest way to do this?

    <ul>
<?php
    /*
     * Displays a bar of the five latest listings added
     */
 		$myposts = get_posts('numberposts=5&category=4');
 		foreach($myposts as $post) :
   				setup_postdata($post);
?>
    <li><?php the_title(); the_content();?></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

    I was using that but the_content() displays all of the content not just the image. How can I do this?

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  • Try this:

    <?php $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=5&offset=0');
foreach($myposts as $post) :?>
<?php $thumbnail = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'post_thumb', true); ?>
<ul>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title();?>
<img src="<?php echo $thumbnail; ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" />
</a></li>
</ul>
<?php endforeach; ?>

    You’ll have to create a custom field in each of your posts called “post_thumb” and then assign an image to it that you want shown.

    Thread Starter EvanWatkins

    (@evanwatkins)

    is there another way to do it without using custom fields?

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