Turn off Featured Image

[di]

I'm using Workstation Pro. Is there a way to turn off the default featured image? I'd like to insert images into my post, at any point in text (not necessarily at the beginning). Right now, when I insert one, I get a duplicate: a featured image and an image in the post. I don't want the featured image. Ever.

[di]

I've found how to turn off the featured image by going into Genesis (left menu) / Theme Settings / Content Archives / and deselecting Include Featured Image.

Now, my next question. Is it possible to include a Featured Image for some posts but not others?

Thanks!

[carasmo]

Well, the easiest way I can think of is not to load a featured image on the posts you don't want one on and leave on "Include Featured Image" in the Theme Settings.

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[di]

How do you not load a featured image? How do you load an image to the post without it being featured? Obviously, I'm not completely clear on what a featured image is, other than it appears above the entry-title:-)

[carasmo]

You can load a non-featured image via the "Add Media" button just above the editor and align it left, right, center or none.

Don't use this:

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[di]

When I do this, it automatically adds it as a feature image as well. It does this unless I turn off the Include Feature Image.

[carasmo]

Ahh, my theme doesn't do that. Have you investigated the theme support through Studio Press? This is the community forum, there might be a setting or something that makes it very easy for you.

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Genesis Theme Customization and Help

[Summer]

All Genesis child themes will use the first post image it finds as the featured image if no featured image is set. Fortunately, there is a way to turn this off as of Genesis 2.0.

Add this to your functions.php to remove the post image fallback from the archives:

add_filter( 'genesis_get_image_default_args', 'genesis_disable_featured_image_fallback' );
function genesis_disable_featured_image_fallback( $args ) {
	if ( ! isset( $args['context'] ) || 'archive' !== $args['context'] )
		return $args;
	$args['fallback'] = false;
	return $args;
}

or if you want to go all in and remove all image fallback behaviors, use this version (it's what I use, the full hammer):

add_filter( 'genesis_get_image_default_args', 'genesis_disable_featured_image_fallback' );
function genesis_disable_featured_image_fallback( $args ) {
	$args['fallback'] = false;
	return $args;
}

Should work just fine... I just included the full hammer snippet on a new Streamline Pro setup.

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