Title: [Plugin: WordPress Popular Posts] No Thumbnails
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress Popular Posts] No Thumbnails

 *  [repoulin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/repoulin/)
 * (@repoulin)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-no-thumbnails/)
 * Is there any way not to use the Featured Image and for the plugin to just grab
   the first image? I have images saved as Thumbnail in the custom field on posts,
   maybe I can use that instead?
 * I added a Featured Image to the following post but it did not show up. You can
   view at the bottom of the page: [http://www.thaimedicalnews.com/](http://www.thaimedicalnews.com/)
 * [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)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-no-thumbnails/#post-2341386)
 * Hi repoulin,
 * I just checked your site, and my plugin did find your selected Featured Image.
   However, it appears to be missing (404): [http://www.thaimedicalnews.com/wp-content/uploads/disturbing-pictures.jpg](http://www.thaimedicalnews.com/wp-content/uploads/disturbing-pictures.jpg)
 * Can you check that the image is there? If so, try changing your uploads directory
   to 777.
 *  Thread Starter [repoulin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/repoulin/)
 * (@repoulin)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-no-thumbnails/#post-2341504)
 * Hector I was able to get it to work, but all of my old posts do not use the Featured
   Image.
 * Instead I created a custom field called “Thumbnail”. Is there any way to use 
   that image instead or for it to automatically grab the first post image?
 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-no-thumbnails/#post-2341505)
 * Glad to know that, repoulin.
 * I’m thinking of revamping the thumbnail feature, and was thinking of letting 
   users select the source of the images (Featured Image, first image on post, or
   custom field). It’s just an idea and I haven’t coded anything yet, but I believe
   that people might like that.

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 * Last reply from: [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-popular-posts-no-thumbnails/#post-2341505)
 * Status: not resolved