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Posts from automations get no generated thumbnail

Posts created through XML-RPC, Make automations, WP Insert Post hook or wp_insert_post get no generated thumbnail.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

4 public reports · first reported 9 July 2023 · last reported 12 August 2024

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Site owners who publish through XML-RPC clients, Make automation scenarios or custom code calling wp_insert_post or WP Insert Post hooks report that the image plugin never generates a thumbnail.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.