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WordPress: Require Featured Image
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| // from: http://www.codeinwp.com/blog/wordpress-image-code-snippets/ | |
| // ============================================================================ | |
| // WordPress: Require Featured Image | |
| // | |
| // If you add the following code to your functions.php and try to publish a post that doesn’t have a featured image, | |
| // you will receive the following message: “You must select a Featured Image before your Post can be published.” | |
| // ============================================================================ | |
| add_action('save_post', 'wpds_check_thumbnail'); | |
| add_action('admin_notices', 'wpds_thumbnail_error'); | |
| function wpds_check_thumbnail($post_id) { | |
| // change to any custom post type | |
| if(get_post_type($post_id) != 'post') | |
| return; | |
| if ( !has_post_thumbnail( $post_id ) ) { | |
| // set a transient to show the users an admin message | |
| set_transient( "has_post_thumbnail", "no" ); | |
| // unhook this function so it doesn't loop infinitely | |
| remove_action('save_post', 'wpds_check_thumbnail'); | |
| // update the post set it to draft | |
| wp_update_post(array('ID' => $post_id, 'post_status' => 'draft')); | |
| add_action('save_post', 'wpds_check_thumbnail'); | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| delete_transient( "has_post_thumbnail" ); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| function wpds_thumbnail_error() { | |
| // check if the transient is set, and display the error message | |
| if ( get_transient( "has_post_thumbnail" ) == "no" ) { | |
| echo "<div id='message' class='error'><p><strong>You must select Featured Image. Your Post is saved but it can not be published.</strong></p></div>"; | |
| delete_transient( "has_post_thumbnail" ); | |
| } | |
| } |
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This does not seem to work with Gutenberg