<div dir="ltr">Yes, you should be using `set_post_thumbnail_size()` for setting your theme's thumbnail size. If you have additional image sizes you want to add, then use `add_image_size()`.<div><br></div><div>Basically, think of it as a standardized way of adding custom thumbnails. Since it's standard, there are cool things that plugins can do with it. For example, I could have a plugin that sets the default gallery thumb size to `post-thumbnail` (when set by the theme) so that galleries will match the theme design better.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So, the advantage is using the standard, which opens the door to doing awesome stuff (like the plugin example).<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:34 AM, Thomas from ThemeZee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:contact@themezee.com" target="_blank">contact@themezee.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks for this information, Justin, I didn't know this funciton. You never stop learning ;)<br>
<br></div>I have always created a complete new image size for the post thumbnail with add_image_size( 'featured-image', x, x) so far. Are there any advantages to use "post-thumbnail" instead of an own custom image size?<br>
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