Wordpress: wish to open media manager into 'set featured' > 'upload files' by default

So off the post edit screen? Why is clicking on the Add Featured Image link in the meta box not an option here?

Hi Jason,

Yes, basically I need that ability (set featured image) but I am using WP Front End Editor:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-front-end-editor/ 

and it doesn't have a 'set featured image' link.

hmmm... that gives me an idea though....

I've experimented a bit and I see I can add a link to my single.php file that just loads when the editor is active.

I can copy the 'set featured image' from the backend and remake it in the front end. so I end up with a link like this:

http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin/media-upload.php?post_id=20461&type=image&TB_iframe=1   //id set dynamically, of course

Now, if I use that as a link it goes to that page,,, but what I really need it to do is come up as a pop up, rather like it does in the backend.

Should be a way to do that with js, eh?

hmmm, just testing with this;

<a href="http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin/media-upload.php?post_id=<?php the_ID();?>&type=image&TB_iframe=1"
    onclick="return !window.open(this.href, 'Featured', 'width=500,height=500')"
    target="_blank">Set featured image</a>

I get a pop-up window (not the nice screen effect like wp has, but it works as a test) and I can upload an image... but it doesn't save it as 'featured', just saves it to the gallery...

Chris

I can figure out the pop up, maybe use a colorbox.

If you can help me figure out how to get the image uploaded that way saved as the featured image, that would be great!

Chris

ohhh... the WP jQuery Colorbox plugin makes a nice effect to bring it up.

Still haven't figured out how to get it to come up and save as a featured image though, it just comes up as the uploader only,

Chris

hmmm, I took this off the source of the edit/new post page on the backend:

<a title="Set featured image" href="http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin/media-upload.php?post_id=20486&type=image&TB_iframe=1" id="set-post-thumbnail" class="thickbox">Set featured image</a>

and tried that, instead of just using the url.

I get this though:


Instead of the newer version that you get when you click on the link from the backend.

Got it, thank you! I'm going to throw another odd question at you in just a bit here!

Dude, all your questions are odd.  Fun, but odd :)

:)