Title: Custom_Image_Header::create_attachment_object
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# Custom_Image_Header::create_attachment_object( string $cropped, int $parent_attachment_id ): array

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/custom_image_header/create_attachment_object/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/custom_image_header/create_attachment_object/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/custom_image_header/create_attachment_object/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/custom_image_header/create_attachment_object/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/custom_image_header/create_attachment_object/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This method has been deprecated since 6.5.0.

Creates an attachment ‘object’.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/custom_image_header/create_attachment_object/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$cropped`stringrequired

Cropped image URL.

`$parent_attachment_id`intrequired

Attachment ID of parent image.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/custom_image_header/create_attachment_object/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 array An array with attachment object data.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/custom_image_header/create_attachment_object/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    final public function create_attachment_object( $cropped, $parent_attachment_id ) {
    	_deprecated_function( __METHOD__, '6.5.0', 'wp_copy_parent_attachment_properties()' );
    	$parent     = get_post( $parent_attachment_id );
    	$parent_url = wp_get_attachment_url( $parent->ID );
    	$url        = str_replace( wp_basename( $parent_url ), wp_basename( $cropped ), $parent_url );

    	$size       = wp_getimagesize( $cropped );
    	$image_type = ( $size ) ? $size['mime'] : 'image/jpeg';

    	$attachment = array(
    		'ID'             => $parent_attachment_id,
    		'post_title'     => wp_basename( $cropped ),
    		'post_mime_type' => $image_type,
    		'guid'           => $url,
    		'context'        => 'custom-header',
    		'post_parent'    => $parent_attachment_id,
    	);

    	return $attachment;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-custom-image-header.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-custom-image-header.php#L1323)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-custom-image-header.php#L1323-L1342)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/custom_image_header/create_attachment_object/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [wp_getimagesize()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_getimagesize/)`wp-includes/media.php` |

Allows PHP’s getimagesize() to be debuggable when necessary.

  | 
| [wp_get_attachment_url()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_attachment_url/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Retrieves the URL for an attachment.

  | 
| [wp_basename()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_basename/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

i18n-friendly version of basename().

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| [_deprecated_function()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_deprecated_function/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

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| [get_post()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/custom_image_header/create_attachment_object/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [6.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.5.0/) | Deprecated.  | 
| [3.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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