php-wordpressHow to get the featured image in WordPress using PHP?

Getting the featured image in WordPress using PHP is a simple process. The following example code block will return the featured image URL of the current post:

<?php
$thumb_id = get_post_thumbnail_id();
$thumb_url = wp_get_attachment_image_src($thumb_id,'thumbnail-size', true);
echo $thumb_url[0];
?>

The output of the example code will be the URL of the featured image:

http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/featured-image.jpg

Code explanation

1. get_post_thumbnail_id() - This function returns the post thumbnail ID.
2. wp_get_attachment_image_src() - This function returns an array of the image URL, width, height, and whether the image is an intermediate size.
3. $thumb_url[0] - This returns the URL of the featured image from the array.

Helpful links

• get_post_thumbnail_id()
• wp_get_attachment_image_src()

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