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Add featured image to admin table in WordPress for custom post type

On a project I’m doing, I created a custom post type for a catalogue and want the featured image to display on the admin table.

My custom post type is called “product” and I want to limit the feature to only the “product” custom post type. Here’s how I did it.

I added this into functions.php

// Add Post Thumbnail support
add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );


// Add styles to control column width
add_action('admin_head', 'my_custom_table_styles');
 
function my_custom_table_styles() {
  echo '<style>
   .fixed #featured_thumb {
       width:10%
   }
  </style>';
}


//// ADD FEATURED IMAGE TO PAGES AND POSTS

// Add the posts and pages columns filter. They both use the same function.
add_filter('manage_posts_columns', 'theme_add_post_admin_thumbnail_column', 2);
add_filter('manage_pages_columns', 'theme_add_post_admin_thumbnail_column', 2);

// Add the column
function theme_add_post_admin_thumbnail_column($columns)
{

    // Check if post type is 'Product'
    global $pagenow, $typenow;
    if( 'product' === $typenow && 'edit.php' === $pagenow )
    {
        

        $new = array();
        foreach ($columns as $key => $title) {
            if ($key == 'title') // Put the Thumbnail column before the Author column
            {
                $new['featured_thumb'] = __('Featured Image');
            }
    
            $new[$key] = $title;
        }
        return $new;


    }

    else {
        return $columns;
    }



}



// Manage Post and Page Admin Panel Columns
add_action('manage_posts_custom_column', 'theme_show_post_thumbnail_column', 5, 2);
add_action('manage_pages_custom_column', 'theme_show_post_thumbnail_column', 5, 2);

// Get featured-thumbnail size post thumbnail and display it
function theme_show_post_thumbnail_column($theme_columns, $theme_id)
{

    // Check if post type is 'Product'
    global $pagenow, $typenow;
    if( 'product' === $typenow && 'edit.php' === $pagenow )
    {
        
 
        switch ($theme_columns) {
            case 'featured_thumb':
                if (function_exists('the_post_thumbnail')) {
    
                    $permalink = get_edit_post_link();
    
                    $thumb = get_the_post_thumbnail_url(null, 'thumbnail');
    
                    echo '<a href="' . $permalink . '"><img src="' . $thumb . '" style="width:80px"></a>';
    
                } else {
                    echo 'Your theme doesn\'t support featured imageā€¦';
                }
    
                break;
        }

    }
    else {


        return $theme_columns;
    }

    
}

//// END ADD FEATURED IMAGE TO PAGES AND POSTS

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