Display archive image from posts if no feature image exists?

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August 26, 2023 at 7:55 pm #7676

Bryan
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Which method do you guys use in your WP theme if you want to be sure every post shows an image in the homepage or archive feed? Years ago I was using Justin’s Get The Image plugin but that seems outdated now

August 26, 2023 at 7:57 pm #7677

Vincent
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Lots and lots of methods to choose from:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18544915/get-first-image-from-wordpress-post

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55148330/wordpress-setting-first-image-as-featured-image-for-older-posts

https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/45529/retrieve-1st-image-in-post-and-set-it-as-featured-image-when-post-is-saved-upda

https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/57476/display-post-thumbnail-without-being-featured-image
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