REST API Featured Image

Description

This Plugin will add a top-level featured image src field with the featured image src URL.

If you need to get a featured image from the WordPress REST API. This is a very simple plugin that will help.

Get the featured image without making an additional request, this will add direct access to the Featured Image URL.

The featured image Post type can be set in the admin section, where you can choose to enable or disable for specific post types.

REST API Featured Image Field:
featured_media_src_url

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

e.g.

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

FAQ

What about custom Post Types

The plugin has full support for custom post types.

Reviews

November 27, 2020
I'm surprised Wordpress doesn't include this feature by default.. it is the plugin I was looking for, thank you 🙂
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Contributors & Developers

“REST API Featured Image” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors