Title: Image Upload Helper
Author: Jonathan Brinley
Published: <strong>June 9, 2012</strong>
Last modified: June 9, 2012

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Image Upload Helper

 By [Jonathan Brinley](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jbrinley/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/image-upload-helper.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/image-upload-helper/#installation)
 * [Development](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/image-upload-helper/#developers)

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## Description

WordPress has a wonderful JavaScript/iframe dialog for uploading or choosing images
to use
 in posts or as featured thumbnails. Repurposing this dialog for other uses
is difficult. Image Upload Helper is a simple library that helps you add an image
upload/selection field anywhere in the WordPress admin, using a single function.

Created by [Flightless](http://flightless.us) with significant credit to [Modern Tribe](http://tri.be)

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin to your blog.
 2. Activate it.
 3. Nothing happens.

This is a library. It doesn’t actually do anything by itself. To use it in a plugin:

 1. Include this plugin (in its entirety) in a subdirectory of your plugin. It plays
    nice with other
     plugins; if a site has multiple plugins activated, each with its
    own copy of Image Upload Helper, only one will load.
 2. `require_once( 'image-upload-helper/image-upload-helper.php' );`
 3. Call `image_upload_helper()` wherever you want an upload dialog available.

The `image_upload_helper()` function takes an array of arguments to control exactly
what the form
 looks like.

 * `field_name` – Required. The name of the form field that will be submitted. Defaults
   to
    “image-upload-helper”. Use this to customize the field to fit in with your
   form. By changing the `field_name` value, you can call `image_upload_helper()`
   as often as you like on each page.
 * `thumbnail_id` – The attachment ID of the current value of the field.
 * `label` – The label to use for the field. Defaults to “thumbnail image”. This
   will
    display as “Set thumbnail image” or “Remove thumbnail image” in the form,
   or “Use as thumbnail image” in the iframe dialog
 * `size` – The size of the image you want displayed in the form. Defaults to “post-
   thumbnail”.
    If you want to display a custom size, make sure you register it.

When a form is submitted with an Image Upload Helper field, the field specified 
by the `field_name` argument
 will contain the attachment ID of the selected image.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Image Upload Helper” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Jonathan Brinley ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jbrinley/)

[Translate “Image Upload Helper” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/image-upload-helper)

### Interested in development?

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## Changelog

#### 1.0

Initial version

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **14 वर्षाः ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.3.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-upload-helper/)
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[images](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/images/)
   [library](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/library/)[uploading](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/uploading/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/image-upload-helper/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Jonathan Brinley ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jbrinley/)

## Support

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