wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php:1578Determines the featured media based on a request param.
$featured_mediaint$post_idintbool|WP_Error protected function handle_featured_media( $featured_media, $post_id ) { $featured_media = (int) $featured_media; if ( $featured_media ) { $result = set_post_thumbnail( $post_id, $featured_media ); if ( $result ) { return true; } else { return new WP_Error( 'rest_invalid_featured_media', __( 'Invalid featured media ID.' ), array( 'status' => 400 ) ); } } else { return delete_post_thumbnail( $post_id ); } }Introduced in 4.7.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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