How to define a default post thumbnail (2 methods)
Two simple ways to correctly define a default post thumbnail (i.e., featured image) in WordPress. I’ve seen a few tutorials floating around the WordPress-o-Sphere about setting a default post thumbnail for WordPress’ featured image functionality. Some involve tactics like saving a permanent default image (theme authors, please don’t do that). A default thumbnail is generally not something that’s permanent, so you wouldn’t want to save it, leaving yourself a world of pain if you ever wanted to change it in the future. I’ll keep this simple and afford you that future flexibility. I’ll even show you two ways to do...