Title: insert into post button missing (media-upload.php) when adding post_thumbnail
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# insert into post button missing (media-upload.php) when adding post_thumbnail

 *  [lewismcarey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lewismcarey/)
 * (@lewismcarey)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-into-post-button-missing-media-uploadphp-when-adding-post_thumbnail/)
 * When I ‘add featured image’ through the post-thumbnails facility if I upload 
   a new image to the media library, the ‘insert into post’ button is unavailable
   for that image, in all instances when the media-upload.php is loaded. If I upload
   the image through the media library this does not happen.
    Any clues why this
   should behave any differently.

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 *  Thread Starter [lewismcarey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lewismcarey/)
 * (@lewismcarey)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-into-post-button-missing-media-uploadphp-when-adding-post_thumbnail/#post-2129238)
 * I have trawled back through the media-upload and it appears that the media item–
   when uploaded through ‘add featured image’ has $send set to false so does not
   show the insert into post button.
    Can anyone help – is this a bug?
 *  Thread Starter [lewismcarey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lewismcarey/)
 * (@lewismcarey)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-into-post-button-missing-media-uploadphp-when-adding-post_thumbnail/#post-2129244)
 * Featured image appears to explicitly relate that uploaded image to the registered
   post type of which it has been uploaded.
    If that registered post type does not
   have an editor (support = > editor) then the media item will not display the ‘
   insert into post’ button when browsing for that same media item in post types
   that do have an editor.
 * Is this where I submit this as a bug?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-into-post-button-missing-media-uploadphp-when-adding-post_thumbnail/#post-2129278)
 * > Featured image appears to explicitly relate that uploaded image to the registered
   > post type of which it has been uploaded.
 * If you mean to say ‘You can only make an image a ‘featured’ image if it’s attached
   to the post.’ then yes. Not a bug.
 * You WOULD submit bugs at [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/)
   but I’m not really sure this is one.
 *  [gomiza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gomiza/)
 * (@gomiza)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-into-post-button-missing-media-uploadphp-when-adding-post_thumbnail/#post-2129573)
 * if there ist any other upload button in the new post screen, like me I have add
   to group file icon from file manager plugin, removed file manager and the upload
   media button came back
 *  [Kruncher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kruncher/)
 * (@kruncher)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-into-post-button-missing-media-uploadphp-when-adding-post_thumbnail/#post-2129588)
 * Removal of line 1311 (from version 3.2.1) on /wp-admin/includes/media.php appears
   to solve the problem for me. I don’t know what the consequences of this are (
   yet), perhaps somebody could elaborate?
 * 1311: `if ( $send )`
 *  [mangus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mangus/)
 * (@mangus)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-into-post-button-missing-media-uploadphp-when-adding-post_thumbnail/#post-2129611)
 * Something similar: [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18813](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18813)

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## Tags

 * [featured image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/featured-image/)
 * [media upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media-upload/)

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-into-post-button-missing-media-uploadphp-when-adding-post_thumbnail/#post-2129611)
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