[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20632: Can we solve the Featured Image usability issues?

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#20632: Can we solve the Featured Image usability issues?
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 Reporter:  TomAuger     |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  UI           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-feedback  |
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Comment (by TomAuger):

 Agreed @scribu & @helenyhou.

 I think we have one philosophical hurdle to deal with and that's that
 Feature Images are a bit ambiguous, whereas Header Images are quite clear.

 By this I mean that, and maybe it's just a naming thing, a Feature Image
 is not __necessarily__ a header image. Some themes may choose to implement
 Header Images theme-wide, but not incorporate the post_thumbnail into
 their header templates. Perhaps the Feature Image is used elsewhere within
 the post, or as a thumbnail on archive pages, but not as a bona fide page
 header. Perhaps we just need to be more consistent in our nomenclature,
 across the UI ("Featured Image") and the API ("post_thumbnail") and
 elsewhere in the documentation.

 Alternatively, I wonder whether there's a good use case for separating
 post thumbnails from post headers from featured image.

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