Have you ever noticed blogs that feature some of their top posts using a thumbnail (picture), rather than simply displaying a link to the post?  This is a popular trend around the blogosphere, and the use of images seems to help attract traffic to these posts.

WordPress Garage recently wrote a post explaining how any WordPress user can do this entitled Giving each WordPress post a thumbnail, and display the thumbnail on the homepage.  I recommend checking this out if you are interested in setting something like this up on your WordPress blog.

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Kyle Eslick

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  1. skarld says:

    I have tested and used a plugin called Post Avatar. It requires that you make a library of thumbs, and manually chose one for each post. I have used it on a test site: <a href=”http://www.comehometodinnerchicago.com/”Come Home to Dinner”

  2. Andy says:

    I use custom fields to make thumbnails also. Looks like we are using the same theme! Its neat to see how other people have modified it in their own way. I like what you have done with it.

  3. Your Name says:

    WordPress Garage recently wrote a post explaining how any WordPress user can do this entitled Giving each WordPress post a thumbnail, and display the thumbnail on the homepage. I recommend checking this out if you are interested in setting something like this up on your WordPress blog.

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