Default Featured Image | WP Help Guide

The “the_post_thumbnail()” function for featured image in WordPress does not shows anything if a featured image is not attached to the post. In case you want to show a default image in your theme if a user has not attached any featured image then use following script:

     <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"> // adds a hyperlink to the image
        <?php
        if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { //check if featured image is added or not
            the_post_thumbnail( 'medium', array( 'class' => 'img-responsive' )  );  //echos featured image if added
        } 
        else {
        ?>
        <img src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/images/defaultimg.png" class="img-responsive" alt="">  // outputs default image if not . change the url to match your image.                              
        <?php } ?>
    </a>

Tag: Default Featured Image

How to Show Default Image if Featured Image is not Added