{"id":2748,"date":"2026-10-20T08:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-to-change-the-featured-cover-image-on-a-listing-page\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:39:00","slug":"how-to-change-the-featured-cover-image-on-a-listing-page","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-tos\/how-to-change-the-featured-cover-image-on-a-listing-page\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change the featured (cover) image on a listing page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The large image at the top of a GeoDirectory listing page is the listing&#8217;s featured image. GeoDirectory sets it from the first image in the listing&#8217;s Images field, so to change it you change which image comes first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Change the image for one listing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Edit the listing, from the frontend edit link or in wp-admin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the Images field, drag the image you want to the first position, or upload it and then move it first.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save the listing. The first image becomes the featured image.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Set an image for listings without photos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a listing has no images, GD &gt; Post Images falls back to the first of these that exists: the listing&#8217;s logo, the category&#8217;s default image, the post type&#8217;s default image and the site-wide default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Category: Places &gt; Categories, edit the category and set Default Listing Image.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post type: Places &gt; Settings &gt; General, click Show Advanced and set Default image.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whole site: GeoDirectory &gt; Settings &gt; Design &gt; Archives, Listing default image.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Same image showing twice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many themes show the featured image in a header area, and the Details Page template shows the images again with GD &gt; Post Images. To stop the theme printing its copy, tick &#8220;Disable theme feature image output?&#8221; in GeoDirectory &gt; Settings &gt; Design &gt; Details. To keep the theme header and drop the second copy, edit the Details Page template and remove or move the GD &gt; Post Images block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Header size and pages that aren&#8217;t listings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The theme decides how big the header image is, how it is cropped and whether it sits behind the logo. On ordinary WordPress pages the header uses that page&#8217;s own featured image. For Supreme Directory, see <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/supreme-directory-theme\/supreme-directory-featured-area-background\/\">Supreme Directory Featured Area Background<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All image display options are in <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-widgets\/gd-post-images\/\">GD &gt; Post Images<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The large image at the top of a GeoDirectory listing page is the listing&#8217;s featured image. GeoDirectory sets it from the first image in the listing&#8217;s Images field, so to change it you change which image comes first. Change the image for one listing Set an image for listings without photos When a listing has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[],"article\/categories":[211,432],"class_list":["post-2748","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_placecategory-tips-tricks-more","gd_placecategory-how-tos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2858,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2748\/revisions\/2858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=2748"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=2748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}