Document how to import an attachment and assign multiple thumbnails

danielbachhuber · danielbachhuber · commit ad11a0bcb2ce · 2016-05-02T16:13:12.000-07:00
diff --git a/commands/media/import/index.md b/commands/media/import/index.md
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ display_global_parameters: true
     # Import a local image and set it to be the post thumbnail for a post
     wp media import ~/Downloads/image.png --post_id=123 --title="A downloaded picture" --featured_image
 
+    # Import a local image, but set it as the featured image for all posts
+    # 1. Import the image and get its attachment ID
+    * 2. Assign the attachment ID as the featured image for all posts
+    ATTACHMENT_ID="$(wp media import ~/Downloads/image.png --porcelain)"
+    wp post list --post_type=post --format=ids | xargs -0 -d ' ' -I % wp post meta add % _thumbnail_id $ATTACHMENT_ID
+
     # Import an image from the web
     wp media import http://s.wordpress.org/style/images/wp-header-logo.png --title='The WordPress logo' --alt="Semantic personal publishing"
 
