[Resolved] Using featured-images.php in child theme

[Drew]

I feel like this should be really easy, but I can’t seem to figure it out: I want to change how featured images are handled by editing the template output, so I’m trying to copy inc/structure/featured-images.php into my child theme, but it doesn’t seem to register there. My code changes work when I make them to the file in the parent/main GP theme, but not when I copy that file into the generatepress_child theme. I’ve tried putting it in the base child theme directory, in inc/structure and inc but none of that works. Thanks in advance for the support!

[Ying]

Hi there,

Can you tell us how would you like to change the featured image?

[Drew]

I’m trying to create a hero banner using the featured image, the page title, and an ACF field. I could assuredly do it through Elementor or a similar theme builder, but I’m trying to avoid it unless I absolutely need to.

The banner would look something like this, minus the button: http://rafaltomal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/hero-9.jpg

[Ying]

You can achieve this using GP’s block element along with GenerateBlocks plugin.
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/block-element-page-hero/

The video in the link demonstrate how to create the block element page hero.

Once the block element – page hero is created, you can use a header element to merge the header with content.
Here’s an video demostration: https://youtu.be/TP8mgBQTgGg

[Drew]

Thanks for the tip. I was trying to avoid adding Yet Another Plugin when I knew I could just add a few lines of code to a theme template, but this works for now.

[Ying]

You are welcome 🙂

GenerateBlocks is very useful for GP users, as GP’s block elements require GB to get the dynamic data.

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