the_post_thumbnail_url() │ WP 4.4.0

Display the post thumbnail URL.

Uses: get_the_post_thumbnail_url()
1 time — 0.002188 sec (very slow) | 50000 times — 17.96 sec (slow) | PHP 7.0.5, WP 4.4.2

No Hooks.

Return

null. Nothing (null).

Usage

the_post_thumbnail_url( $size );
$size(string|int[])
Image size to use. Accepts any valid image size, or an array of width and height values in pixels (in that order).
Default: 'post-thumbnail'

Examples

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#1 Display the URL of the post thumbnail 

the_post_thumbnail_url( 'thumbnail' );
// outputs
// http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/post-meta-fields4-80x80.png
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#2 Background thumbnail for DIV element 

<div class="post" style="background-image: url(<?php the_post_thumbnail_url(); ?>)"></div>

Changelog

Since 4.4.0 Introduced.

the_post_thumbnail_url() code WP 6.6.2

wp-includes/post-thumbnail-template.php 
function the_post_thumbnail_url( $size = 'post-thumbnail' ) {
	$url = get_the_post_thumbnail_url( null, $size );

	if ( $url ) {
		echo esc_url( $url );
	}
}

post_thumbnail image

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