Title: Attach Post Images
Author: Cyril
Published: <strong>March 9, 2014</strong>
Last modified: March 9, 2014

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# Attach Post Images

 By [Cyril](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tcyr/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/attach-post-images.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/attach-post-images/#description)
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 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/attach-post-images/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/attach-post-images/#developers)

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## Description

Unlike the traditional way of attaching images (or attachments) to posts by inserting
them in the post content, this plugin allows you to attach images to posts in a 
manner
 that lets you control the way the images are later displayed in your theme.

It adds a metabox to the edit screen that lets you select/upload images (similar
to the “Featured Image” metabox).

The images attached to a post can then later be gotten by the following means:

 * If you are in a WordPress loop then you can use the tag `twp_the_post_images(
   $size)`.
    _$size (string|array)_ is an optional parameter (defaults to ‘_thumbnail_‘)
   and can take values similar to the [wp_get_attachment_image_src](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_attachment_image_src)
   function.

This will return an array of objects where each object contains information about
an image.

 * You can directly call the plugin function `twp_get_post_images($post_id, $size)`.

_$post\_id (int)_: required – the ID of the post.

_$size (string|array)_: is an optional parameter (defaults to ‘_thumbnail_‘) and
can take values similar to the [wp_get_attachment_image_src](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_attachment_image_src)
function.

This will return an array of objects where each object contains information about
an image.

 * If you want to display the images directly as an unordered list, then you can
   use the shortcode `[twp_post_images id=post_id size=some_size]`.
    The parameters
   of this shortcode are same as those of the above functions. You will need some
   CSS knowledge to style the returned unordered list properly.

The functions `twp_the_post_images()` and `twp_get_post_images()` return an empty
array if no images were found or an array of objects where each object has the following
attributes:

 * _id_: the attachment id
 * _width_: The width of the image
 * _height_: The height of the image
 * _orientation_: The orientation of the image (landscape|protrait)
 * _url_: The url of the image
 * _is\_original_: (boolean) false if $url is a resized image, true if it is the
   original.

**NOTE THAT YOU HAVE TO SAVE/UPDATE YOUR POST EACH TIME YOU MODIFY THE IMAGE SELECTION**

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Metabox on the right of the edit screen with no images selected
 * [[
 * Metabox showing selected images

## Installation

Steps to install this plugin.

 1. In the downloaded zip file, there is a folder with name ‘attach-post-images’
 2. Upload the ‘attach-post-images’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 4. Read the usage instructions in the description.

## FAQ

  How do I attach images to a post?

First ensure the plugin is enabled. On the editor screen, there is a meta box on
the right with link “Attach Images”. This launches the WordPress media manager, 
where you can select existing images or upload new images.

  How do I get attached images?

In a WP loop, you can do `$images = twp_the_post_images();`

Or you can call the plugin function `$images = twp_get_post_images($post_id)`. See
plugin description for return values.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Attach Post Images” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Cyril ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tcyr/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/attach-post-images/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/attach-post-images/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/attach-post-images/)
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## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial version of plugin

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.7.41**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/attach-post-images/)
 * Tags
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## Contributors

 *   [ Cyril ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tcyr/)

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