This plugin works within the Genesis Framework, to display featured images in new and fun ways. It should work with either HTML5 or XHTML themes, but older themes may have a width set on elements which may not allow the full backstretch experience.
This plugin takes a different approach to how we use and display featured images for posts and pages. Instead of simply reusing an image which already exists in the post/page content, the plugin anticipates that you will want to use lovely large images for your featured images, but to do so intelligently. Depending on what you upload, the plugin will:
* display the image above your post/page content, centered and up to the width of the content, if your image is larger than your Medium Media Setting, and less than or equal to your Large Media Setting.
_Note: although this plugin requires the [Genesis Framework by StudioPress](http://studiopress.com/) or child themes, it is not an official plugin for this framework and is neither endorsed nor supported by StudioPress._
__Display Featured Image for Genesis__ now allows you to select a default, or fallback, Featured Image, which will be used if a post/page does not have a Featured Image set, or if the post/page's Featured Image is too small (smaller than your medium image setting), and on archive pages. You may set the Default Featured Image under Appearance > Display Featured Image Settings.
You may set a Featured Image for each term within a taxonomy (categories, tags, and any taxonomy for custom post types). This image will be used on taxonomy archives, and as a fallback image for posts within that taxonomy if no featured image exists (or if the featured image is too small). If a post is assigned to multiple terms and has no featured image of its own, the most used term which has a featured image assigned will be the one used.
If your site uses Custom Post Types, you can set a Featured Image for each Post Type on the main Display Featured Image for Genesis settings page. If your single post within this type does not have a featured image, the Post Type Featured Image will be used as a fallback.
Now you can add the Featured Image from each post to your RSS feed. This is an optional setting and applied intelligently:
* if your feed is set to output the full text, the Featured Image will be added to the beginning of your post content as a full width image.
* if your feed is set to output only the summary of your content, the Featured image will be added to the beginning of your summary as a thumbnail, aligned to the left.
You can check/change your feed settings on your site's Settings > Reading page.
_If you are already inserting your Featured Image into your feed through another function or plugin, you'll want to remove that before activating this feature; otherwise you will have two copies of the image added to your feed! If you are using Send Images to RSS, don't worry about it. I've made sure these two plugins coexist happily._
__Display Featured Image for Genesis__ has some styling built in but I have intentionally tried to keep it minimal. All styling is for the backstretch image options, as the large options seem pretty straightforward. Stying for titles are largely inherited from your theme--for example, the title will use the same size and font for your page titles, whether you are using a Featured Image or not. Some styles you can incorporate into your own theme:
*`.has-leader` applies to any page using a leader/backstretch image. Applies to the whole page.
*`.big-leader` the container which holds the leader/backstretch image and the post/page Title and excerpt or description.
*`.featured-image-overlay` style appended to the post/page title if Move Excerpts option _is not_ selected (default).
*`.excerpt` (for single posts/pages) and `.archive-description` (for archives) are styled as a unit. These are the containers for the post/page/archive/taxonomy title and description if the Move Excerpts option _is_ selected.
*`.featured` is appended to the large image output directly above the post/page content.
_Set a Default Featured Image on the Appearance > Display Featured Image for Genesis settings page._
_Optionally, set featured images for custom content types, or change plugin behavior for custom content types._
*Update for version 2.5:* Genesis 2.3, when it is released, will change how term archive headlines/descriptions will be pulled from the database. __Display Featured Image for Genesis__ has been using the old, inefficient method for getting the Genesis term information, which will no longer be supported in Genesis 2.3. Version 2.5 will use the new, better method to retrieve the Genesis term metadata (for archive headlines and intro text). Please make sure that your plugin is up to date so that you do not get unexpected behavior. (see [StudioPress](http://www.studiopress.com/important-announcement-for-genesis-plugin-developers/) for more information)
Term metadata is a new feature introduced in WordPress 4.4, which allows us to add custom data to each term (categories, tags, etc.) on a site. Version 2.4 of __Display Featured Image for Genesis__ will use the new term metadata.
If you have been using __Display Featured Image for Genesis__ and have already added featured images to your terms, when you visit the main plugin settings page, you'll be prompted to allow the plugin to update all terms with featured images, or given the information to allow you to do it yourself. This _should_ be a simple, pain-free process, but make sure your database is backed up, and please check your terms after the update.
If you have not yet updated your site to WordPress 4.4, fear not: for the time being, __Display Featured Image for Genesis__ will still work just as it has in the past. A future release of the plugin will require a minimum version of WordPress to properly support term images.
Yes and no. Technically, it does, even older (XHTML) themes. However, depending on other factors such as the individual theme's styling and layout, the output may be unexpected, and require some tweaking. Not recommended for themes such as Sixteen Nine Pro, or The 411 Pro due to layout, and not for Ambiance Pro or Minimum Pro without changing some theme functionality.
There are several filters built into Display Featured Image for Genesis, to give developers more control over the output. Several of them are very similar, and are applied in a specific order, so an earlier filter will take precedence over a later one.
*`display_featured_image_genesis_skipped_posttypes`: select post type(s) which will not have the featured image effect applied __(Note: this filter still totally works, but there is now a setting to handle this. It's on the Content Types tab.)__
*`display_featured_image_genesis_use_default`: force post type(s) to use your sitewide default image (set on the main plugin settings page) for the featured image effect, regardless of what is set as the individual post's featured image
*`displayfeaturedimagegenesis_use_post_type_image`: force post type(s) to use the image assigned (if one is set) as the custom post type featured image, regardless of what is set as the individual post's featured image
*`display_featured_image_genesis_use_taxonomy`: force post type(s) to use a taxonomy term's image (if one is set) for the featured image effect, regardless of what is set as the individual post's featured image
__Note: as of version 2.5, you can set any post type to use a fallback image without using one of the above filters. It will use the images in this order as they exist: term, content type, default.__
*`display_featured_image_genesis_use_large_image`: force post type(s) to output the featured image as a large image above the post content, and to not use the backstretch effect at all
*`display_featured_image_genesis_omit_excerpt`: force post type(s) to not move the excerpt to overlay the featured image, even if the "Move Excerpts/Archive Descriptions" setting is selected
These filters all work the same way, so using any one in your theme will all follow the same pattern. For example, to prevent the featured image effect on the `listing` or `staff` post types, you would add the following to your theme's functions.php file:
Alternatively, you can also set a specific post type to use the taxonomy term featured image, if one exists, even if the post type has its own Featured Image:
If a post has no featured image of its own, and is assigned to multiple taxonomy terms which do have images assigned, the plugin will opt to use the featured image from the most popular term (the one with the most posts already).
It seems that you can also include [conditional tags](http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags) in the above, eg `$post_types[] = is_post_type_archive();`.
### The backstretch image takes up too much room on the screen.
If you do not want the height of the backstretch image to be quite the height of the user's browser window, which is the standard, you can reduce it by just a hair. Go to Appearance > Display Featured Image Settings and change the 'Height' number from the default of 0. The higher this number is, the shorter the window will be calculated to be. Feel free to experiment, as no images are harmed by changing this number.
_Note:___Display Featured Image for Genesis__ determines the size of your backstretch image based on the size of the user's browser window. Changing the "Height/Pixels to Remove" setting tells the plugin to subtract that number of pixels from the measured height of the user's window, regardless of the size of that window.
If you need to control the size of the backstretch Featured Image output with more attention to the user's screen size, you will want to consider a CSS approach instead.
### My (large) Featured Image is above my post/page title, and I want it to show below it instead.
There is a filter for this, too. By default, the large (as opposed to backstretch) image is added before the Genesis loop, which places it above your post or page title. You can add this filter to your theme's functions.php file to move the image below your post/page title:
_Note:_ because the entry header applies to all posts on a page, such as a blog or archive page, this filter modifies the output only on singular posts.
Yes! This is a new setting, added in version 2.5. Please see the plugin settings page. If you were using the old method (`display_featured_image_genesis_add_archive_thumbnails`) to do this, the plugin will attempt to remove that from your output, but you may want to double check your archives.
* Now supports term metadata, added in WordPress 4.4. All new featured images for terms will be added to the termmeta table instead of wp_options. Old term images can be converted from the settings page.
