Michael Fields

I don’t really know what to tell you, there are no readily available hooks that I can find. There may be some kind of secret trick that I do not know about. Have you considered using css or javascript to hide the elements?

Same idea, just use a category instead of a page maybe?

No problem, always willing to help out with interesting functionality 🙂 Glad you got it to work!

Have you tries the more tag?

Maybe something like this:

$thumbnail = '';
if( $id = has_post_thumbnail( (int)$item->object_id ) ) {
	$thumbnail = get_the_post_thumbnail( $id )
}

I’m guessing this is the section I need to borrow and edit for my use:?

Yep!

If so, is it this following section I would need to edit…

Yes. I would suggest modifying the $item_output variable.

If so, how do I call the thumbnail. I ask because things like the_title() don’t get used so will post_thumbnail() work here?

Something like:

$thumbnail = get_the_post_thumbnail( $id );

What do you mean by the walk() method, don’t know where you’re finding this?

My bad, please disregard this.

The first bit would go in functions.php of your theme. The second bit should go where ever you want the menu displayed in your theme. You will want to call the post thumbnail from within the walk() method of you custom walker class.