How to Auto

1. Open a web browser and type in your WordPress administrative login URL. This is typically formatted as 'http://www.yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/', with 'www.yourwebsite.com' replaced by your website's domain name. Press 'ENTER.'
2. Type in your username and password, then click 'Log In.' Click the 'Add New' menu option under the 'Plugins' heading.

3. Type 'Auto Post Thumbnail' into the 'Search' field, then click 'Search Plugins.'
4. Click the 'Install Now' link next to the 'Auto Post Thumbnail' entry, then click 'OK.' Click the 'Activate Plugin' link after the plugin has been installed.
5. Click the 'Auto Post Thumbnail' link under the 'Settings' heading. Click the 'Generate Thumbnails' button to generate thumbnails for any posts you have already created. The plugin will generate a thumbnail based on the first image it finds added to each blog post.
6. Click the 'Editor' link under the 'Appearance' heading. Click to open a theme template page, such as 'index.php' or 'single.php.'
7. Type '
' inside the 'loop' (a section of code that displays blog posts in the theme template) of your activated theme to add the automatically-generated thumbnail image to your WordPress theme template, or activate a blog theme that incorporates thumbnail images.