Feature Images and Facebook

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  steveransom · Member · Jan 22, 2015 at 12:42 pm

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  Hello,

  On my blog, I have, for each post, a feature image, and then usually an image imbedded in the post itself, right at the top. Sometimes it’s the same image.

  I need the feature image, becuase without it, when I share a blog post on facebook (or if someone else does), the post appears as a status update and link (small). Ie. The feature image makes the post appear as normal size on facebook – a big photo, and a text exerpt below, and a link.

  The problem is however, that when you then go to my home page, becuase I have feature image and an embedded image at the top of each post, both photos appear on each post (one large one small), unless I delete one or the other. Up till now I’ve been deleting the feature image after posting to my FB, but then I realised that when someone else subsequently shares one of my blog posts on their FB, it must be appearing as a status update becuase there’s no longer a feature image.

  So my question is, how can I have both a feature image and an image at the top of my post, witout both appearing on my home page?

  Thanks,
  Steve

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jan 22, 2015 at 4:00 pm

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  Hi Steve,

  You can use Custom CSS (part of your WordPress.com Premium upgrade) to customize how things look on your site.

  For example, you can add the following CSS (in your site’s Customizer) to make it so the featured image doesn’t appear on your site:

  .entry-thumbnail {
  display: none;
  }

  That way, only images in your post will show up on the home page, but the featured image will still be there behind the scenes.

  If you’d like to learn more about customizing your site with CSS, we have tips for getting started here:

  • CSS Basics
  • Editing CSS
  • How to Find Your Theme’s CSS

  If you have CSS questions, or if you’d like to make other changes to how your site looks, most of our CSS support is done in the CSS Customization forum by expert staff and volunteers.

  Please let me know if you have any questions about that. :)

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  steveransom · Member · Jan 24, 2015 at 5:48 am

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  Sounds great! Thanks. I’ll try that.
  Regards,
  Steve