The “Simple Post Thumbnails” WordPress plugin marks the beginning of several plugins to be released on Press75.com. Using thumbnail images within your posts is a visually efficient way to give your visitors insight as to what your post is about without wasting a bunch of unnecessary space. The majority of my WordPress themes use post thumbnails, but until now there really wasn’t a “simple” way to add thumbnails to your posts without having to go through a bunch of time consuming steps.

Add Post Thumbnails With Ease

With the Simple Post Thumbnails plugin, adding thumbnail images to your posts is as easy as uploading any image (no editing required) and clicking the “Update Post” button. Upon upload, the plugin will re-size and crop the selected image according to whatever parameters you specify within the plugin configuration. To view this process in action, check out the Simple Post Thumbnails screencast to the right.

Download & Support

You can download the latest version of the Simple Post Thumbnails WordPress plugin by clicking the download button to the right. Before you start asking a bunch of questions, please read the setup and usage instructions. If you do need a little extra support, please post your questions within the Press75.com support forums under the Simple Post Thumbnails Plugin forum.

Crediting the Developer

While I would love to take full credit for this wonderful code, I am simply the “Idea Man” behind the concept (I will stick to designing themes). James Lao is a Carnegie Mellon University student majoring in computer science, and the author of the Press75.com “Simple Post Thumbnails” plugin. I have worked with James several times in the past, and hope to utilize his talent in the future to bring Press75.com to the next level. For information about James and what he is up to, check out his blog at JamesLao.com.