Use of featured images

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  designedbyann · Member · Feb 18, 2014 at 7:58 am

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  I use the theme The Blossful Blog theme for my blog http://aspectsofstyle.wordpress.com. I want to make use of the featured image function so that the “related” posts underneath my posts work properly but I don’t like the way the featured image is displayed on my posts (above the post title) so I don’t use them.

  On the other hand I use the Fresh and Clean theme on my other blog http://aspectsofathens.wordpress.com where featured images are used as the posts are featured in “summary” format and I don’t get to see the featured image multiple times (once as a featured image and once as being part of my blog post).

  My question is, is it possible to use a featured image, without it actually being displayed on my post and being used only for other purposes e.g the “related posts” or social media (I guess that social media pick up the featured image, as opposed to the first one on the post).

  Thank you.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Feb 20, 2014 at 10:47 pm

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  Hi Anna,

  It looks like the featured image in the Blissful Blog theme displays only on individual post pages. Just to make sure I understand you correctly, you would like to be able to enable a featured image, but have it not display anywhere on the blog (except related posts). Is that correct?

  If so, you can do this through CSS using the following code:

  img.featurebanner.wp-post-image {
  display: none;
  }

  To add this code, you will need to purchase the Custom Design upgrade as shown here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/

  Then, navigate to Appearance -> Customize -> CSS and paste the code above. The featured image will not be shown on individual post pages, but should still be used in Related Posts and social media.

  Let me know if you need anything else!

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  designedbyann · Member · Feb 21, 2014 at 7:03 pm

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  Thank you for the response. Yes the question was about having the featured image being displayed only on the related posts. Currently I’m not thinking about getting the Custom Design upgrade, but still your answer is very helpful if I decide to take the plug!

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Feb 21, 2014 at 8:42 pm

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  Hey Anna,

  Not a problem! You would need to purchase the Custom Design upgrade in order to make this work (since you need to be able to upload CSS). Let me know if you need any additional help going forward!