Best way to attach images to custom posts?

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Last updated by BV 5 years, 9 months ago.

Assisted by: Waqar.

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February 23, 2019 at 4:20 pm #1204997

Hi!

I have places custom posts and, of course, I have photos of them. Initially I created fields for images. But I'm importing data from my old CMS (non-WP) and I use ultimate WP importer. Actually they don't support importing images for custom post fields, but allow importing of featured image. But I want images to be also attached to their posts to easy delete them with posts (I will have unique images for each posts which I'll not use at other posts and there are plugins which allow to delete posts with attached media). As I see by fast check ability to attach images to any posts is the standard WP feature. So I have a question: why I need toolset image field at all?

February 25, 2019 at 11:17 am #1205503

Waqar

Hi Maxim,

Thank you for contacting us and I'll be happy to assist.

For better understanding, I'll split your message into two parts:

>> But I want images to be also attached to their posts to easy
>> delete them with posts (I will have unique images for each
>> posts which I'll not use at other posts and there are plugins
>> which allow to delete posts with attached media).

- By default, WordPress doesn't automatically delete the featured images and the attached images, when the relevant post is deleted.

To achieve this, you'll need to use some third-party plugin or custom code.

>> As I see by fast check ability to attach images to any posts is
>> the standard WP feature. So I have a question: why I need
>> toolset image field at all?

- The benefit of using the Toolset's image field is that you'll have the flexibility to call them in your content templates or views, using the visual interface, shortcode or through fields API:
https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/functions/

Without it, you'll be limited to use WordPress built-in PHP functions and shortcodes to get the values of those images.

Another benefit is that you can use the image fields in front-end forms if your website needs to have a feature where visitors can upload posts and images from the front-end.
https://toolset.com/documentation/getting-started-with-toolset/publish-content-from-the-front-end/

I hope this helps and please let me know if you need any further assistance around this.

regards,
Waqar

March 6, 2019 at 8:57 am #1210437

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!