Do you want to remove thumbnail support from a specific post type? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to remove thumbnail support from a specific post type in WordPress.
Instructions:
All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:
add_action('init','remove_thumbnail_support');
function remove_thumbnail_support(){
remove_post_type_support('POST_TYPE','thumbnail');
}
Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly add code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.
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Can you also remove the thumbnail support for a specific page template?
If you don’t want to display a thumbnail within a page template you should just remove the code that adds your thumbnails from the template.
John
function zd_remove(){
$post_id = $_GET[‘post’] ? $_GET[‘post’] : $_POST[‘post_ID’] ;
// checks for post/page ID
if ($post_id = array(10,11,12,13))
{
remove_post_type_support( $post_type, $supports );
}
}
add_action(‘add_meta_boxes’, ‘zd_remove’);
I dun have the functions.php in my wordpress… Can assist?
Create a text file called functions.php and upload to your theme folder with the code in this pastbin sample http://pastebin.com/rwziqmF7
Hi Kevin, I’m a regular WP Snipp reader and I have to ask this, on the top right of your sidebar you have the single best looking RSS/Facebook display I’ve ever seen. Is that a plugin or did you code it yourself?
Hi James,
Very nice to hear thanks! This was not a plugin I wrote the HTML, CSS and the icons I got from a few free icon sources and I created a few like design poke and design bump. I posted the code and a link to the images on pastebin if you wanted to do something similar.
http://pastebin.com/5MpkVXKv