Title: [Plugin: WordPress Popular Posts] Does this current plugin use Post Thumbnails or Timthumb?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress Popular Posts] Does this current plugin use Post Thumbnails or Timthumb?

 *  Resolved [pantone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pantone/)
 * (@pantone)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-does-this-current-plugin-use-post-thumbnails-or-timthumb/)
 * Just wanted to know if the current version of WordPress Popular Posts uses Post
   Thumbnails or Timthumb. If I remember correctly, I think the plugin used Timthumb
   in the earlier versions, but I am not sure if this plugin still uses Timthumb
   or if it now uses Post Thumbnails.
 * Thanks!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-does-this-current-plugin-use-post-thumbnails-or-timthumb/#post-3064873)
 * Hi pantone,
 * Indeed, earlier versions of the plugin used Timthumb only. As of now, it uses
   a mix of Timthumb and Post Thumbnails (aka Featured Image). This might change
   soon as I intend to remove Timthumb from my plugin again and rely only on Post
   Thumbnails since it’s already a native feature of WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [pantone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pantone/)
 * (@pantone)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-does-this-current-plugin-use-post-thumbnails-or-timthumb/#post-3064985)
 * Hi Hector,
 * Thank you for the very quick response!
 * If you intend to remove Timthumb, could we expect this change in the next plugin
   update? Is there a timeline for this update?
 * Also, if you recall, there was the Timthumb security issue that came up last 
   year. Is this plugin secure from such issues that make Timthumb vulnerable?
 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-does-this-current-plugin-use-post-thumbnails-or-timthumb/#post-3064994)
 * Yes, Timthumb is possibly going to be removed on the next version of WordPress
   Popular Posts. Current version of Timthumb, however, seems to be safe as patches
   have been added to fix the security issues it caused in the past (which was the
   reason I removed it before).
 * I’ve been researching and trying a couple of things in the past few days, and
   so far I’m pretty sure it will be gone. Need to run some more testing, though,
   as I don’t want to release another version with issues – last one caused me a
   lot of headaches due to me not testing it properly.
 *  Thread Starter [pantone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pantone/)
 * (@pantone)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-does-this-current-plugin-use-post-thumbnails-or-timthumb/#post-3065018)
 * Sounds great! I’ll be waiting for the updated version!

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