has_post_thumbnail( int|WP_Post $post = null ): bool

Determines whether a post has an image attached.

Description

For more information on this and similar theme functions, check out the Conditional Tags article in the Theme Developer Handbook.

Parameters

$postint|WP_Postoptional
Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global $post.

Default:null

Return

bool Whether the post has an image attached.

Source

function has_post_thumbnail( $post = null ) {
	$thumbnail_id  = get_post_thumbnail_id( $post );
	$has_thumbnail = (bool) $thumbnail_id;

	/**
	 * Filters whether a post has a post thumbnail.
	 *
	 * @since 5.1.0
	 *
	 * @param bool             $has_thumbnail true if the post has a post thumbnail, otherwise false.
	 * @param int|WP_Post|null $post          Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is global `$post`.
	 * @param int|false        $thumbnail_id  Post thumbnail ID or false if the post does not exist.
	 */
	return (bool) apply_filters( 'has_post_thumbnail', $has_thumbnail, $post, $thumbnail_id );
}

Hooks

apply_filters( ‘has_post_thumbnail’, bool $has_thumbnail, int|WP_Post|null $post, int|false $thumbnail_id )

Filters whether a post has a post thumbnail.

Changelog

VersionDescription
4.4.0$post can be a post ID or WP_Post object.
2.9.0Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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    This example first checks if there is a Post Thumbnail (aka Featured Image) set for the current queried item. If there is a Post Thumbnail set, it returns the Post Thumbnail. If not, it echoes out a default image which should be located in the current theme’s image folder (assuming the folder is in the theme’s root directory).

    <?php
    // Must be inside a loop.
    
    if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
    	the_post_thumbnail();
    }
    else {
    	echo '<img src="' . get_bloginfo( 'stylesheet_directory' ) 
    		. '/images/thumbnail-default.jpg" />';
    }
    ?>

    You can use set_post_thumbnail_size() to set a default size for your thumbnail. Alternatively, you can add new image sizes to the defaults by use add_image_size().

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    <?php 
    if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
        $attachment_image = wp_get_attachment_url( get_post_thumbnail_id() );
        echo '<link rel="preload" as="image" href="' . esc_attr( $attachment_image ) . '">';	
    } ?>

    This checks to see if there is an active thumbnail and preloads the image. Place code in the head section of header.php and it will save adding long arrays. It should also help with overcoming the Core Web Vitals LCP metric.

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    if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {     
        echo '<div style='background-image: url(' . get_the_post_thumbnail_url() . ');></div>';
    }
    ?>

    This if statement checks to see if there is a thumbnail in the post. If not, nothing will display.

    Use case: A hand-coded loop of posts where some have featured images and some don’t and you don’t want an empty background for that div.

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