Title: Adding thumbnails to post preview
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Adding thumbnails to post preview

 *  [tleggio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tleggio/)
 * (@tleggio)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-thumbnails-to-post-preview/)
 * In an effort to clean up my blog, [http://www.tinaleggiophotography.com/blog/](http://www.tinaleggiophotography.com/blog/)
   I want to have the first paragraph of the post be followed by a “continue reading”
   tag, which when clicked takes you to the whole post (not just the next part after
   continue reading) in a new page. I have managed to do this, but I also want to
   include a thumbnail image next to the first paragraph (or teaser, I think it’s
   called), but that is a full sized image when viewing the entire post. I’ve been
   at this for three hours and I either get an enormous picture in the teaser view,
   or a thumbnail image that stays a thumbnail image when I click on the entire 
   post. This site will give you an idea of how I want my site to look. [http://twinswithoriginality.com/](http://twinswithoriginality.com/)
 * Thank you in advance to anyone who can help me because I am totally confused.
   Also, if there is any coding involved, keep in mind that I know nothing about
   that, so please make the directions as simple as possible, such as where exactly
   to insert the code if I have to go into a specific file.

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 *  Thread Starter [tleggio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tleggio/)
 * (@tleggio)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-thumbnails-to-post-preview/#post-5219676)
 * Okay, seriously. Help is needed. It’s going on five hours of non stop trying 
   things that are not working, including numerous plugins. I don’t want this to
   get drowned in a sea of other posts. Thanks.
 *  [wspencer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wspencer/)
 * (@wspencer)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-thumbnails-to-post-preview/#post-5219680)
 * The way you’re describing it, it might have to involve some jQuery. Usually when
   someone clicks the “Read More” link at the end of an excerpt, they’re taken to
   the single post. You’re asking to just display the rest of the content there,
   which just prints out the rest of the content after the excerpt. The thing is,
   the thumbnail is in the DOM and you can’t just change it without using something
   like jQuery.
 * Or maybe I’m just not fully understanding what you’re trying to do
 *  Thread Starter [tleggio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tleggio/)
 * (@tleggio)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-thumbnails-to-post-preview/#post-5219684)
 * The website that I posted is exactly how I want mine to appear. If you check 
   it out, [http://twinswithoriginality.com/](http://twinswithoriginality.com/) 
   and click on any of the posts on the homepage, you will see what I mean. I’ve
   seen several websites that are set up like this, so obviously it can be done.
   I’m just not understanding how to do it.
 *  [wspencer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wspencer/)
 * (@wspencer)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-thumbnails-to-post-preview/#post-5219687)
 * Okay, that DOES go to an individual post.
 * So in the loop where you’re showing post listings, change where you have the_post_thumbnail()
   to this…
 *     ```
       <?php if(!is_single() ) { ?>
         <?php the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail'); ?>
       <?php } ?>
       ```
   
 * Let me know if that works
 *  Thread Starter [tleggio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tleggio/)
 * (@tleggio)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-thumbnails-to-post-preview/#post-5219688)
 * I’m sorry, but I have zero knowledge of this stuff. Where exactly is the loop
   located?
 *  [wspencer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wspencer/)
 * (@wspencer)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-thumbnails-to-post-preview/#post-5219689)
 * Is this for the front page of your site? If so, look for a file called front-
   page.php. If you can, just post that code on here.
 *  Thread Starter [tleggio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tleggio/)
 * (@tleggio)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-thumbnails-to-post-preview/#post-5219693)
 * I don’t see front-page.php. I just see page.php. I’ll try it anyway.
 *  Thread Starter [tleggio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tleggio/)
 * (@tleggio)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-thumbnails-to-post-preview/#post-5219697)
 * Ok, so none of this is helping. Thanks anyway. With all of the plugins there 
   are, you’d think there would be one for this issue that requires no coding.
 *  Thread Starter [tleggio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tleggio/)
 * (@tleggio)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-thumbnails-to-post-preview/#post-5219702)
 * Just one guy is answering? Nobody has had this issue before?

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 * [posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/posts/)
 * [teaser](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/teaser/)
 * [thumbnails](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/thumbnails/)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-thumbnails-to-post-preview/#post-5219702)
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