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Short description
Add theme support, then use `the_post_thumbnail()` with defined image sizes.
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add_theme_support('post-thumbnails');
add_image_size('acme-card', 600, 400, true);
if (has_post_thumbnail()) {
the_post_thumbnail('acme-card');
}