Featured image not showing for Blog page

Hi there,

WordPress doesn't actually allow a featured image to be uploaded for the posts page as it ignores all metabox values on index pages (posts, archive).

To apply a header element to the posts page, create a separate header element and use the custom image option:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/how-to-create-a-page-hero/#step-2-choose-a-background

Then apply to the Blog page under display rules.

Let me know if this helps :)

Hello, I am still wondering why the Featured image didn´t work, in the meantime I solved my problem by creating a new Header Element just for the Blog page and replaced the Featured image for a Custom image. In the Global Header settings I added a new Exclusion for the Blog.

Exactly Leo, Thank you!

Hi there,

so WordPress uses Metaboxes for adding additional content to a page - this includes the Featured Image. But this only applies to a standard post type ( Page, Post or Custom Post Type ) where meta data can be stored.

The Blog ( your Posts page ) and other archives e.g categories are not a standard post type, they use a function to generate the output, so metabox content is not read.