Title: Function Request: Image Thumbnail
Last modified: June 5, 2019

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# Function Request: Image Thumbnail

 *  Resolved [Hellston Linhares](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellstoncrusher/)
 * (@hellstoncrusher)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-request-image-thumbnail/)
 * The plugin is great and I’m using it in a project. However, I was unable to add
   image to the directories. Is there a project to create this functionality?

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/)
 * (@jeroenpeters1986)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-request-image-thumbnail/#post-11609440)
 * Hi [@hellstoncrusher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellstoncrusher/) ,
 * At this moment there isn’t such a functionality. That would implicate a (kind
   of) content system in the description and my “USP” for this plugin is to keep
   it simple. I am sorry however to tell you, but I am not planning on adding this
   to this version of the plugin.
 * You can add HTML however, so you can do this yourself but then you should upload
   the images yourself. Would this work for you?
 * Kind regards,
 * Jeroen Peters
 *  [ju5t](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ju5t/)
 * (@ju5t)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-request-image-thumbnail/#post-11738901)
 * I tried some things myself. I thought it would be easy enough to just switch 
   the plain textarea to wp_editor in admin.php but for some reason it doesn’t pick
   up the update.
 * I think that having the WordPress editor there wouldn’t hurt the simplicity. 
   In fact, it would even add to it, as it ensures a similar look and feel across
   the entire backend.
 * I would tinker a bit more with it myself but my time is a little limited these
   days unfortunately. This is what I used:
 * `<td><?php wp_editor(stripslashes($name['description']), 'description', array('
   textarea_rows' => 5, 'textarea_name' => 'description')); ?></td>`
 * Would you consider adding this?
 *  Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/)
 * (@jeroenpeters1986)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-request-image-thumbnail/#post-11739007)
 * hey [@ju5t](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ju5t/),
 * thanks for looking into it. I did see that function before but I didn’t get it
   right the first time to my liking. Since I now have a global-settings page, I
   have the opportunity to let that be configured by the user.
 * I know it’s easy to assume that it wouldn’t hurt simplicity, but I have had lots
   of mails regarding to layout issues. Also, now with Gutenberg, I’m not sure if
   it would work correctly.
 * But as much as yours, my time is very limited also, being a dad and all. But 
   it’s nice to have it brought up again and have some new ideas.
 * Kind regards,
 * Jeroen Peters
 *  [ju5t](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ju5t/)
 * (@ju5t)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-request-image-thumbnail/#post-11739933)
 * I have tested wp_editor() but it doesn’t load Gutenberg. No matter what plugins
   you have enabled. I don’t think Gutenberg is intended to be used as an editor
   for anything else other then posts.
 * I did some further research and jQuery’s serialize() was the reason it didn’t
   work.
 * Apart from the html change, I’ve also adjusted the JavaScript file and added:
 * `tinyMCE.triggerSave();`
 * before:
 * `var form_data = jQuery(this).serialize();`
 * It’s confusing that it also clears the input fields. I can see why it was done,
   but because you have mixed both the insert and update into a single method it
   gets blurry from a UX perspective. I don’t expect my input fields to be cleared
   after an update. If this is required, the success function needs the following
   to empty it:
 * `tinymce.activeEditor.setContent('');`
 * I also think it would be better to remove html from the admin output with wp_strip_all_tags().
   To me that makes more sense. I understand you have to deal with other users too
   though.
 * I have never in my life contributed to WordPress plugins before. Is there a GitHub
   repo that I can use so you can see the changes I have made?
 *  Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/)
 * (@jeroenpeters1986)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-request-image-thumbnail/#post-11741345)
 * Hi [@ju5t](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ju5t/),
 * there is no GitHub repo for this, only the SVN repo which WordPress provides 
   for the plugin authors, but that does not include any modern features like pull
   requests and such. You sound like you’re a developer, I can deal with patch files
   to see your changes.
 * Now I see your explanation, I don’t think the `jQuery(this).serialize()` is the
   problem, it’s just that the HTML field doesn’t contain a proper value because
   of the editor that is doing it’s magic. The `tinyMCE.triggerSave()` does just
   that.
 * What do you mean with stripping the html output in the admin? I’m not sure if
   people would find it confusing if their markup is removed in that admin, but 
   visible on the frontend.
 * The input-fields clearing is there for quite some time but I didn’t think of 
   it that way, that updating would leave the data. I didn’t have any feedback on
   it btw.
 * Thanks for your work!
 * Kind regards,
 * Jeroen Peters
 *  [ju5t](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ju5t/)
 * (@ju5t)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-request-image-thumbnail/#post-11741414)
 * You’re right, serialize() wasn’t the problem.
 * I am stripping html because I prefer an excerpt over all html-content. It doesn’t
   easily ruin the admin interface either. Saying this, I realize it isn’t a real
   excerpt in my current implementation and in fact it changes the current functionality,
   so I have no problem if that part wouldn’t make a next release.
 * I will create a patch file tomorrow.
 *  Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/)
 * (@jeroenpeters1986)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-request-image-thumbnail/#post-11791111)
 * [@hellstoncrusher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellstoncrusher/) this
   is now released in v1.14.2

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 * Last reply from: [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-request-image-thumbnail/#post-11791111)
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