For many individuals that are using WordPress. Creating a post is deemed easy but those people that are new to it may find it confusing.

Many functions in WordPress like the featured image are very time effective but a little know-how is required for more effective usage.

This Article tackles the twice appearing image problem faced by some of the WordPress users.

Fixing The Featured Images Error

Mostly this issue occurs because the user adds the image in post content as well as in the featured image option. This seems logical to beginners as they aspect they want the featured image to appear in the content area too. When this does not happen, they think that they did some mistake and end up adding the image more than once. 

When this is done they could see the image in the block editor but when the article is published then they witness two images in their blog.

To solve the issue make sure that the image featured box is used and delete the photo from the post editor. 

Post thumbnails or featured image is one of the features of WordPress. Meaning that this function is supported by WordPress which’s why it is not visible in the post editor.  

When you add a featured image there is an automatic display of it due to the fact that the theme is in constant contact with the database that is making this possible. In websites, consistency of styles in featured images and thumbnails is achieved by this very feature of WordPress.

While doing this you may be able to solve the duplicated image issue but sometimes it raises additional problems.  Like if the theme is changed then it would harm the featured image. Due to this the image would turn up looking disproportionate, stretched, and skewed. To overcome this problem Image size would need to be regenerated from WordPress.

If the aforementioned methods were not effective to eliminate the duplicate image issue then the problem lays in the code itself. you should contact the developer for assistance in such a case. But in the majority, the issue lies with the software hander.

Conclusion

These are some useful and easy to fix featured images appearing twice in your WordPress posts. If you find this blog helpful, feel free to reach out to us at through our social media channels for more useful content.