Title: Featured image module missing
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Featured image module missing

 *  Resolved [t_virus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t_virus/)
 * (@t_virus)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-module-missing/)
 * Just installed a fresh copy of WordPress and i am unable to see the featured 
   image module in my new/edit post page
    when i switched to twenty Ten, everything
   worked fine. My theme surely has support for featured image (shows images in 
   slider and posts on main page) but i can’t see the module to add featured images.
   What should i do?

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 *  [blitz999](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blitz999/)
 * (@blitz999)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-module-missing/#post-2276583)
 * Have a look at the top of the page (when in a page/post edit window) – Screen
   Options tab, and make sure Featured Image is ticked.
 * Tip: it often show at the bottom of the right column. I usually drag that panel
   to the top so I can see more quickly which image is associated with a post.
 *  Thread Starter [t_virus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t_virus/)
 * (@t_virus)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-module-missing/#post-2276653)
 * well…there is nothing related to “featured image” in screen options. I ticked
   everything but it still did not show up. 🙁
 *  [blitz999](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blitz999/)
 * (@blitz999)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-module-missing/#post-2276663)
 * I just reread your comment. You are saying that you can see post thumbnails on
   TwentyTen, but not on another theme (which you don;t mention the name of).
 * Clearly that other theme does not have thumbnail support. You need to add it.
   There is plenty of documentation on the codex and on the web for it.
 * Basically you need to add this to the functions.php file
 * if ( function_exists( ‘add_theme_support’ ) ) {
    add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’);}
 * Your theme may be really old if it does not support this feature (or is designed
   this way).
 *  Thread Starter [t_virus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t_virus/)
 * (@t_virus)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-module-missing/#post-2276676)
 * I have to say….the support here at wordpress is awful. You guys should learn 
   something from PHPBB and other free softwares..their support is awesome (you 
   get helped in less that 5 minutes)
 * ————————-
    [@blitz999](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blitz999/) i figured
   that out 🙂 My theme supports featured images but i had to use a custom field
   for that.
 *  [blitz999](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blitz999/)
 * (@blitz999)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-module-missing/#post-2276680)
 * This isn’t really a support forum, but a help and discussion. It is voluntary,
   so results are hit and miss.
 * I’ve found some great info here.
 * It sounds like your theme is an older one in the ‘dark old days’ of using the
   custom field in that way.
 * You can modify the theme with the above code to avoid the custom field method(
   which is fine if it is your own site, but give it to a client and they can’t 
   understand it).
 * Glad you worked it out though 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [t_virus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t_virus/)
 * (@t_virus)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-module-missing/#post-2276684)
 * yeah my theme is from the wordpress 2.xx days
    I can get the featured module 
   by adding that code but my theme uses the custom field everywhere to show the
   thumbnails so i will have to edit too much of code. btw, can you help me with
   finding a free theme like “red carpet” (it’s not free anymore) or “The stars 
   theme” (discontinued) I want to start an entertainment magazine which will have
   three type of posts – photos,news and videos. So a theme like these two will 
   be great

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 * [featured](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/featured/)
 * [module](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/module/)
 * [thumbnail](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/thumbnail/)

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