How do I get only the image URL from the_post_thumbnail()?

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1. You might also try:

   If you only have one size thumbnail:

   $thumbnail = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ) );
   

   Or…if you have multiple sizes:

   $thumbnail = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), "size" );
   

   Note that wp_get_attachment_image_src() returns an array: url, width, height, is_intermediate.

   So if you just want only the image url:

   echo $thumbnail[0];
   

   Resources:

   • http://wpcanyon.com/tipsandtricks/get-the-src-attribute-from-wordpress-post-thumbnail/
   • https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_attachment_image_src/

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2. Since WordPress 4.4, there’s an efficient core function that can handle this in a cleaner way than the answers here.

   You can use the_post_thumbnail_url( $size ) which will print the URL of the post thumbnail.

   Alternatively if you want to return the URL instead of immediately output it, you can use $url = get_the_post_thumbnail_url( $post_id, $size )

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3. This does the trick:

   <?php wp_get_attachment_image_src('subgall-thumb'); ?>
   

   Make sure you use the correct name for the thumbnail that you are calling.

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4. Ok got it using simplexml_load_string

   $dom = simplexml_load_string(get_the_post_thumbnail());
   $src = $dom->attributes()->src;
       echo $src;
   

   Another method are welcome.

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5. Please Use the below code

   <?php get_the_post_thumbnail_url(); ?>
   

   If It’s not enough to achieve your goal then try below code

   <?php $postimages = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( get_the_ID() ), 'large' );
   
   // Check for images if ( $postimages ) {
   
       // Get featured image   $postimage = $postimages[0];
   
   } else {} while (have_posts() && $i < 8) : the_post(); echo esc_url( $postimage ); ?>
   

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6. For a quick & dirty solution, slap this in the functions.php file of your theme

   FUNCTION GET_STRING_BETWEEN($STRING, $START, $END){
       $STRING = " ".$STRING;
       $INI = STRPOS($STRING, $START);
       IF ($INI == 0) RETURN "";
       $INI += STRLEN($START);
       $LEN = STRPOS($STRING, $END, $INI) - $INI;
       RETURN SUBSTR($STRING, $INI, $LEN);
   }
   

   Used within the loop, this will give you what you’re looking for

   This will return something like http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/toy-story-two-was-ok.jpg

   $THE_FEATURED_IMAGE = GET_STRING_BETWEEN(get_the_post_thumbnail(NULL,'post-large'), 'src="', '" class="');
   

   “Within the loop” means look for something like while ( have_posts() ): the_post();.

   You can also sub out post-large with any of these predefined image sizes:

   • post-thumbnail
   • post-medium
   • post-full

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