I'm trying to show a post thumbnail outside of the loop. The reason for this is that i want the featured image to show inside a custom page template, which will set the header image for the particular page for which the custom page template is set.
I've tried the obvious the_post_thumbnail();
and as expected, it didn't work. What's the best solution for using the featured image outside of the loop?
The custom page template code i'm working with...
<div id="primary" class="content-area">
<div id="content" class="site-content" role="main">
<div class="home-header-image">
<?php IMAGE WILL GO HERE ?>
</div>
<div class="top_items_container">
<?php if (!function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Home Top Content')) :
endif; ?>
</div><!-- .top_items_container -->
<div class="entry-content">
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-links"><span class="page-links-title">' . __( 'Pages:', 'twentythirteen' ) . '</span>', 'after' => '</div>', 'link_before' => '<span>', 'link_after' => '</span>' ) ); ?>
</div><!-- .entry-content -->
<footer class="entry-meta">
<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentythirteen' ), '<span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?>
</footer><!-- .entry-meta -->
</article><!-- #post -->
<?php comments_template(); ?>
</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #primary -->