Image control on Reader
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I used to use Featured Images on my blog but at the request of my readers I no longer do this. Consequently, I can no longer control what images appear with my post on WordPress Reader.
WordPress picks up the first image gallery in a post for display on Reader but this is not necessarily representative of the story’s contents. Is there a way around this? I would like to decide myself what image appears with a blogpost on Reader without having to use Featured Images. Thanks so much for your help!The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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What I post below is how the Reader is programmed to operate and we bloggers cannot change that – only Staff can.
Currently, when a post with the Standard, Aside, Link, Quote, or Status post format contains a video or audio embed, that embed is pulled out and used in the Reader. Otherwise, it uses an image from the post.
If the post has the Gallery or Image post format, a video or audio embed in that post would not be used in the Reader – one or more images would be used instead. When the Reader looks for an image, it goes for the featured image first and then an image inserted into the post — if there are no images that meet the size criteria mentioned above, it will display the image as a thumbnail instead of a large image.
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Thanks for your quick response – much appreciated. So if I understand correctly, for an image to be selected by reader they should have the right format, ie similar to featured image? That probably explains why reader always picks up my galleries since the formats there are smaller than other images in a post.
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