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The “B7 Multiple Featured Images for Post” plugin for WordPress allows you to go beyond the single featured image limitation. This plugin empowers you to add up to three additional featured images to your posts, providing a richer visual representation of your content. Display these images on your posts using a simple function call in your theme or via a convenient shortcode.
<h3>How does the plugin work?</h3>
This plugin extends the functionality of WordPress posts by adding a meta box in the post edit screen. This meta box allows you to select up to three additional images using the standard WordPress media uploader. These images are then stored as post meta data, which can be retrieved and displayed on the front-end of your site.
<h3>Usage</h3>
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<li>Adding Multiple Featured Images: When editing a post, locate the “Multiple Featured Images” meta box in the sidebar.</li>
<li>Click the “Select Image” buttons to choose up to three additional featured images using the WordPress Media Library.</li>
<li>Save or update your post.</li>
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Displaying Images on the Frontend:
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<li>In your theme’s template files: Use the function <code>b7mufeimdisplaymultiplefeatured_images( get_the_ID(), 'medium' );</code> in your theme’s template files (e.g., <code>single.php</code>, <code>content.php</code>). Replace <code>'medium'</code> with your desired image size (thumbnail, medium, large, full, or custom sizes).</li>
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Using Shortcode: Use the shortcode <code>[b7_multiple_featured_images]</code> within your post content or widgets to display the multiple featured images.
Shortcode Parameters:
The <code>[b7_multiple_featured_images]</code> shortcode accepts the following optional parameters to customize its output:
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<code>size</code>: (Optional) Defines the image size to be displayed.
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<li>Possible values: Any registered WordPress image size name (e.g., <code>thumbnail</code>, <code>medium</code>, <code>large</code>, <code>full</code>) or a custom image size name defined by your theme.</li>
<li>Default value: <code>thumbnail</code> if the <code>size</code> parameter is not specified.</li>
</ul>
</li>
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<code>post_id</code>: (Optional) Specifies which post’s featured images to display.
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<li>Possible values: The ID of a WordPress post.</li>
<li>Default value: If <code>post_id</code> is not specified, the shortcode will display multiple featured images for the current post where the shortcode is used.</li>
</ul>
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</ul>
Shortcode Usage Examples:
Here are various ways to use the shortcode:
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Basic Usage (Default Thumbnail Size, Current Post): 
 <code>[b7_multiple_featured_images]</code> 
This will display the multiple featured images of the current post, using the <code>thumbnail</code> image size for each image.
</li>
<li>
Specify Image Size (Medium Size, Current Post): 
 <code>[b7_multiple_featured_images size="medium"]</code> 
This will display the multiple featured images of the current post, using the <code>medium</code> image size. You can replace <code>"medium"</code> with other sizes like <code>"large"</code> or <code>"full"</code>.
</li>
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Specify a Post ID (Thumbnail Size, Specific Post): 
 <code>[b7_multiple_featured_images post_id="123"]</code> 
This will display the multiple featured images of the post with ID <code>123</code>, using the default <code>thumbnail</code> image size. Replace <code>"123"</code> with the actual ID of the post you want to target.
</li>
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Specify Both Size and Post ID (Large Size, Specific Post): 
 <code>[b7_multiple_featured_images size="large" post_id="456"]</code> 
This will display the multiple featured images of the post with ID <code>456</code>, using the <code>large</code> image size. Replace <code>"456"</code> with the desired post ID and <code>"large"</code> with your preferred image size.
</li>
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Using in Widgets: You can directly paste any of the above shortcode examples into a WordPress Text widget to display multiple featured images in your sidebar or other widget areas. Remember that in most cases in widget areas, you would likely want to specify a <code>post_id</code> to display images from a specific post, rather than relying on “current post”.
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</ul>
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</ul>

B7 Multiple Featured Images for Post

Enhance your posts by adding multiple featured images with ease.

Marcus Kober

You need more than one featured image for posts, pages and/or custom post types? Then this plugin is for you!
Enable multiple featured images for all post types (including custom post types and WooCommerce products) and show the images with a widget or the handy shortcode.
<h4>Features</h4>
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Add as many featured images as you need.
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Add the featured images to any post type (post, page or even custom post types and WooCommerce products).
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It is possible to use different featured images for different post types. Easily you can add two new featured images to pages and three to posts, if you need it that way.
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Fully customizable output – so it’s multilingual.
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Handy shortcode for displaying the featured images everywhere.
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Widget for displaying featured images in sidebars, etc.
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</ul>
<h4>History</h4>
For one of my customers I had to assign two featured images to pages. One featured image was used as the header image and the other as a small button for the submenu. The images had to be different too (so I couldn’t simply use different images sizes) and so I wrote this little plugin.
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IMPORTANT NOTE TO THOSE UPDATING FROM 0.3: The Plugin comes with a new method for registering featured images and updates the post meta key. It is fully backwards compatible, but if you are calling the post metas directly then please update your code accordingly. The new format of the post meta key is kdmfi_YOUR_ID.
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<h4>Contribute</h4>
Feel free to ask if you have problems with this plugin. But please keep in mind, that this plugin is developed in the author’s spare time – so it may take some time to answer. 
Feature requests are welcome too!

Multiple Featured Images

I have been using this for years.  I can't even begin to count how many times I've been handed a design for a theme to build where the designer had a thumbnail for one gallery, then a totally different type of thumbnail for some other section of the site.  Nothing flashy here, just the perfect tool for the job.

This plugin makes adding extra featured image types a breeze.  It's a tool for developers, tho and not a simple plug-n-play solution. It doesn't simply add a second thumbnail to your posts, it does require some really lite code tinkering, so if you're not comfortable monkeying around in the functions file(s), this won't solve the problem for you.

A great tool for custom theme developers

Hi,

This is my first review, this plugin made me review it because it is so awesome.

Makes life easier. Thank you :)

Amazing plugin

Enables multiple featured images for all post types (including custom post types and WooCommerce products). Comes with a widget and a handy shortcode  …

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