How to get WordPress post featured image url

Question

I am using a this function to get the featured images

<a href="#" rel="prettyPhoto">
<?php the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail'); ?>
</a>

now i want to get the full featured image on click on anchor tag for which i need a featured image url in

<a href="here" rel="prettyPhoto">

please help

Answer 1

You will try this

<?php $url = wp_get_attachment_url( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID),'full' ); ?>//Here you can manage your image size like medium,thumbnail or custom size
 <img src="<?php echo $url ?>" />

Answer 2

If the post is an image and we already know what the image is. It's possible to get the thumbnail url without too much hassle.

echo pathinfo($image->guid, PATHINFO_DIRNAME);

Answer 3

// Try it inside loop.  
<?php
$feat_image = wp_get_attachment_url( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID) );
echo $feat_image;
?>

Answer 4

This perfectly worked for me:

<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail_url($post_id, 'thumbnail'); ?>

Answer 5

Easy way!

 <?php 
     wp_get_attachment_url(get_post_thumbnail_id(get_the_ID()))
 ?>

Answer 6

hi i think this is the most easiest solution and the updated one;

<?php the_post_thumbnail( 'single-post-thumbnail' ); ?>