wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php:2764Handles setting the featured image via AJAX.
function wp_ajax_set_post_thumbnail() { $json = ! empty( $_REQUEST['json'] ); // New-style request. $post_id = (int) $_POST['post_id']; if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id ) ) { wp_die( -1 ); } $thumbnail_id = (int) $_POST['thumbnail_id']; if ( $json ) { check_ajax_referer( "update-post_$post_id" ); } else { check_ajax_referer( "set_post_thumbnail-$post_id" ); } if ( -1 === $thumbnail_id ) { if ( delete_post_thumbnail( $post_id ) ) { $return = _wp_post_thumbnail_html( null, $post_id ); $json ? wp_send_json_success( $return ) : wp_die( $return ); } else { wp_die( 0 ); } } if ( set_post_thumbnail( $post_id, $thumbnail_id ) ) { $return = _wp_post_thumbnail_html( $thumbnail_id, $post_id ); $json ? wp_send_json_success( $return ) : wp_die( $return ); } wp_die( 0 );}Introduced in 3.1.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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