[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24727: enable multiple featured images

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#24727: enable multiple featured images
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 Reporter:  doughamlin       |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Post Thumbnails  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
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 Currently featured images can be enabled by calling add_theme_support and
 passing in the post types for which you would like to enable them.
 {{{
 add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails', array( 'post' ) );
 }}}

 However, each post can have only one featured image. There are many
 instances in theme development in which you want to be able to call
 multiple images that have been explicitly defined by the site editor.
 Currently the Multiple Featured Images plug-in
 http://wordpress.org/plugins/multiple-featured-images provides this
 functionality, however it feels like a hack and something that should be
 native. The plug-in also uses the old WordPress media upload interface,
 leading to an inconsistent experience.

 The number of featured images could simply be another argument to
 add_theme_support
 {{{
 add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails', array( 'post' ) );
 add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails', array( 'project' ), 3 );
 add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails', array( 'person' ), 2 );
 }}}

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