Get the Image
by Justin Tadlock 4.3 (17 reviews)

Get the Image

An easy-to-use image script for adding things such as thumbnail, slider, gallery, and feature images.

Get the Image ranks #2,577 among WordPress.org plugins with 7,000+ active installations, is #322 of 6,305 in the Media category, a 4.3/5 rating from 17 reviews, and was last updated Nov 28, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.8.30 (Current: 7.1)
v1.1.0 Current Version v1.1.0
Updated 8 years ago Last Update on 28 Nov, 2017
Refreshed 12 hours ago Last Refreshed on
#322 of 6,305 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads -18.3% this week No update in over a year
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637.9K
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Rating
86%
Review 4.3 out of 5
4.3 (17 reviews)

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Reviews & Ratings

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17 reviews
Overall 86%
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

No known vulnerabilities on record for Get the Image. Checked 2 days ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress theme and plugin developers who need to display images from posts and are comfortable editing PHP template code. It solves the problem of retrieving and displaying images (thumbnails, featured images, sliders, galleries) from posts without relying on custom per-theme image handling.

  • Thumbnail images
  • Slider images
  • Gallery images
  • Featured images
  • Grabs image by custom field
  • Uses WordPress featured image
  • Grabs post attachment image
  • Extracts image from post content

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Get the Image

It was originally created to work with magazine/news themes. These types of themes typically required a lot of work when inputting images to make them look good. This plugin was developed to make that process much easier for the end user. But, at the same time, it needed to be flexible enough to handle anything.
Looks for an image by custom field (one of your choosing). If no image is added by custom field, check for a featured image. If no image is found, it grabs an image attached to your post. If no image is attached, it can extract an image from your post content (off by default). If no image is found at this point, it will fall back to a default image (not set by default).
There are several methods, but in general, you would use this call within The Loop. ` ` To see all methods and options, refer to the readme.md file included with the plugin download or view the readme online.

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