Are you looking for a way to add HTML or content to the featured image metabox? We have created a quick code snippet that you can use to add HTML to featured image metabox in WordPress to add more information for your users.
Instructions:
All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:
add_filter( 'admin_post_thumbnail_html', 'add_featured_image_html');
function add_featured_image_html( $html ) {
return $html .= '<p>This is some sample text that can be displayed within the feature image box.</p>';
}
Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.
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hi. do you know how to set this for individual custom post types?
You could use something like this:
if(‘custom_post_type’ == get_post_type()) {
return $html .= ‘Description’;
}