Hi Jess,

Yes, its possible. there is a example in the FAQ. You can put the code in the theme’s functions.php or in a new/separate plugin.

I’m not near a computer to provide a full example. If you need more help let me know and I’ll help tomorrow.

Jan-Willem

Hello Vic,

That certainly is possible, we just need to to use a different taxonomy function (custom categories are called taxonomies).

I’m not familiar with Event Calendar, so I don’t know how that taxonomy is called, But if there is a edit page in the admin you should be able to find it in the url: example:

example.com/wp/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=EVENT_CALENDAR_TAX

Given that, the following snippet should work:

add_filter( 'dfi_thumbnail_id', 'dfi_event_calendar', 10, 2 );	
function dfi_event_calendar( $dfi_id, $post_id ) {
	// This will trigger first, if multiple categories have been set.
	if ( has_term( 'cats', 'REPLACE_WITH_TAXONOMY_NAME', $post_id ) ) {
		return 7; // cats img id.
	}
	if ( has_term( 'dogs', 'REPLACE_WITH_TAXONOMY_NAME', $post_id ) ) {
		return 8; // dogs img id.
	}

	return $dfi_id; // the original featured image id.
}

Let me know how it goes.

Hi,

Did my suggestions help?
Let me know, otherwise I’m closing this ticket.

Hi Elaine,

Yes this is possible, with a bit of custom code.
In your wp-content/plugins/ folder create a file named: dfi-random.php
With the following code:

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: Default Featured Image - Random post image
 * Plugin URI:  https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-featured-images-6/
 * Version:     1.0
 */

add_filter( 'dfi_thumbnail_id', 'dfi_random_image', 10, 2 );
function dfi_random_image( $dfi_id, $post_id ) {
	if ( get_post_type( $post_id ) !== 'post' ) {
		return $dfi_id; // This is not a post, we only check posts.
	}
	$random_image_ids = array(
		123, # Add your image id's in this array.
		456,
	);

	return $random_image_ids[ array_rand( $random_image_ids ) ];
}

Replace the example image ids (123, 456,) with your own image ids.
You can find the image ids in the media library when you open an image and check the url.

After you change the id’s don’t forget to activate the plugin.

If you need any help let me know.
Jan-Willem

Hi lexienoelle

this doesn’t ring a bell. I’m currently on a vacation in Athens, so I’ll have a better look next week.

Something background the social share image is usually picked by the theme or SEO plugin. They will find the DFI if no featured image is set.

• https://www.opengraph.xyz/
• https://socialsharepreview.com/

Here are two sites that can check the social share preview.

Hi Elaine,

Good to hear you’ve managed to solve it!
I’m not familiar with metaslider, but sometimes these slides can be there own custom post type.
And you might want to exclude or make exceptions for those.

But if you need any help just let me know,

Best,
Jan-Willem

Hello Manuel,

Yes the snippet will still work.
So many people use these snippets, I’ll never break them.
I consider them as vital for use as it’s main feature.

Jan-Willem