Walkthrough of the various ways to display uploaded images with USP Pro.
About submitted images
First, let’s understand what happens to images when they are uploaded via USP Pro:
- Submitted images are added to the Media Library
- Submitted images are attached to posts as Custom Fields
How to display submitted images
To keep the plugin as flexible as possible, uploaded images are not automatically added to post content. So to display images on the front end, try one of the following techniques:
- Visit Uploads ▸ “Auto-Display Images” and select an option to auto-display all images before or after post content
- Visit Uploads ▸ “Featured Images” to auto-display uploaded images as Featured Images
- Use any relevant USP Pro Shortcode on any Post or Page
- Use the free Helper plugin to display images and/or any custom field on the front end
- Use any relevant Template Tag anywhere in your theme template
- Use any relevant User Shortcode to display images as desired within the post content (e.g.,
[img-1],[img-2], etc.) - Use any relevant WordPress tag, such as
get_post_meta()in your theme template
Note: as of USP Pro version 4.5.2, you can set a default/fallback featured image. Visit the Upload settings, scroll down to “Default Featured Image”, and enter any valid image ID.
Related: You may also want to check out the video tutorial on Displaying Linked Thumbnail Images →
Related Articles
Further, here are some related articles that may prove useful when displaying images and other submitted files in post content: