Title: WordPress uses different image source
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# WordPress uses different image source

 *  [hany3ssam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hany3ssam/)
 * (@hany3ssam)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-uses-different-image-source/)
 * Hi,
 * when i set a featured image it goes to wp-content/uploads, however when i preview
   its not showing in the website, i used the Inspect element tool in chrome and
   found that img src is using a different path(wp-content/theme/images).
 * any help is appreciated

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-uses-different-image-source/#post-5149168)
 * Does this issue occur in a particular theme?
 *  Thread Starter [hany3ssam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hany3ssam/)
 * (@hany3ssam)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-uses-different-image-source/#post-5149174)
 * [@andrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew/) Yes, i want to add also
   that the theme wasn’t support featured image i had to add a code in function.
   php
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-uses-different-image-source/#post-5149175)
 * Could you post that code into a PasteBin page and link us to that? Thanks
    [http://pastebin.com](http://pastebin.com)
 *  Thread Starter [hany3ssam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hany3ssam/)
 * (@hany3ssam)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-uses-different-image-source/#post-5149179)
 * its just a line of code
    add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ );

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-uses-different-image-source/#post-5149179)
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