{"id":1227801,"date":"2017-02-01T13:22:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T21:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/getting-featured-image-url-for-use-in-background-image\/"},"modified":"2017-02-01T13:22:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T21:22:05","slug":"getting-featured-image-url-for-use-in-background-image","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/getting-featured-image-url-for-use-in-background-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Featured Image URL for use in Background Image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am trying to get the featured image url to use for a background image on my header banners. 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