Use Daniel’s WordPress featured images in member feed

scripts/community-feed-notifier.mjs

@@ -231,7 +231,9 @@ async function main() {
         userAgent: USER_AGENT,
       });
       const enrichedItems = await Promise.all(
-        items.map((item) => enrichNotifierItemWithLinkedPageImage(item)),
+        items.map((item) => enrichNotifierItemWithLinkedPageImage(item, {
+          force: item.source?.imageStrategy === "linked-page-featured",
+        })),
       );
       allItems.push(...enrichedItems);
     } catch (error) {

scripts/fetch-feeds.mjs

@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ function normalizeItem(rawItem, source) {
     link,
     publishedAt: publishedAt.toISOString(),
     source: {
+      ...(source.imageStrategy ? { imageStrategy: source.imageStrategy } : {}),
       name: source.name,
       siteUrl: source.siteUrl,
       feedUrl: source.feedUrl,
@@ -441,10 +442,10 @@ function normalizeItem(rawItem, source) {
 
 export async function enrichItemWithLinkedPageImage(
   item,
-  { fetchTextFn = fetchText } = {},
+  { fetchTextFn = fetchText, force = false } = {},
 ) {
   const { inlineImage, ...publicItem } = item;
-  if (publicItem.image) return publicItem;
+  if (publicItem.image && !force) return publicItem;
   if (
     !isHttpUrl(publicItem.link)
   ) {
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ export async function enrichItemWithLinkedPageImage(
     const image = extractPageImage(html, publicItem.link);
     return {
       ...publicItem,
-      image: image ?? inlineImage ?? null,
+      image: image ?? publicItem.image ?? inlineImage ?? null,
     };
   } catch {
     return { ...publicItem, image: inlineImage ?? null };
@@ -514,7 +515,9 @@ async function main() {
       });
 
       const itemsWithLinkedPageImages = await Promise.all(
-        normalizedItems.map((item) => enrichItemWithLinkedPageImage(item)),
+        normalizedItems.map((item) => enrichItemWithLinkedPageImage(item, {
+          force: item.source?.imageStrategy === "linked-page-featured",
+        })),
       );
 
       feedsWithItems.push({

scripts/lib/community-feed-reader.mjs

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export async function loadMemberFeeds(filePath = DEFAULT_MEMBER_FEEDS_PATH) {
       name: String(item.name),
       feedUrl: String(item.feedUrl),
       siteUrl: String(item.siteUrl),
+      ...(item.imageStrategy ? { imageStrategy: String(item.imageStrategy) } : {}),
     };
   });
 }
@@ -318,15 +319,15 @@ export function normalizeNotifierItem(rawItem, source) {
 
 export async function enrichNotifierItemWithLinkedPageImage(
   item,
-  { fetchTextFn = fetchText } = {},
+  { fetchTextFn = fetchText, force = false } = {},
 ) {
-  if (item.imageUrl || !isHttpUrl(item.link)) return item;
+  if ((item.imageUrl && !force) || !isHttpUrl(item.link)) return item;
 
   try {
     const html = await fetchTextFn(item.link);
     return {
       ...item,
-      imageUrl: resolveHtmlImageUrl(html, item.link) || null,
+      imageUrl: resolveHtmlImageUrl(html, item.link) || item.imageUrl || null,
     };
   } catch {
     return item;

src/data/composite-feed.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "generatedAt": "2026-07-10T08:13:47.643Z",
+  "generatedAt": "2026-07-10T08:34:57.128Z",
   "itemsPerFeed": 3,
   "feeds": [
     {
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
           "link": "https://danielkishimoto.com/blog/2026/06/an-ai-roasted-my-brand/",
           "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T08:08:21.000Z",
           "source": {
+            "imageStrategy": "linked-page-featured",
             "name": "Daniel Kishimoto",
             "siteUrl": "https://danielkishimoto.com/",
             "feedUrl": "https://danielkishimoto.com/feed/"
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@
           "link": "https://danielkishimoto.com/blog/2026/04/my-design-system-met-claude-design/",
           "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T14:46:18.000Z",
           "source": {
+            "imageStrategy": "linked-page-featured",
             "name": "Daniel Kishimoto",
             "siteUrl": "https://danielkishimoto.com/",
             "feedUrl": "https://danielkishimoto.com/feed/"
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@
           "link": "https://danielkishimoto.com/blog/2026/02/2-ai-fluency-is-all-you-need/",
           "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T08:17:46.000Z",
           "source": {
+            "imageStrategy": "linked-page-featured",
             "name": "Daniel Kishimoto",
             "siteUrl": "https://danielkishimoto.com/",
             "feedUrl": "https://danielkishimoto.com/feed/"

src/data/member-feeds.json

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     "id": "daniel-kishimoto",
     "name": "Daniel Kishimoto",
     "siteUrl": "https://danielkishimoto.com/",
-    "feedUrl": "https://danielkishimoto.com/feed/"
+    "feedUrl": "https://danielkishimoto.com/feed/",
+    "imageStrategy": "linked-page-featured"
   },
   {
     "id": "mere-mortal-dev",

src/pages/index.astro

@@ -106,9 +106,11 @@
 ] as const;
 
 type MemberFeed = {
+  id?: string;
   name: string;
   siteUrl: string;
   feedUrl: string;
+  imageStrategy?: string;
 };
 
 type CompositeItem = {
@@ -465,14 +467,26 @@
                         {feed.items.map((item) => (
                           <div class="group relative z-0 min-w-[280px] max-w-md flex-1 rounded-xl border border-slate-100 bg-slate-50/70 p-3 pb-10 transition hover:border-(--accent) hover:bg-white hover:z-10 after:clear-both after:block after:content-['']">
                             {item.image ? (
-                              <div class="float-right ml-3 mb-2 h-24 w-28 overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-slate-100 bg-slate-100">
-                                <img
-                                  src={item.image}
-                                  alt=""
-                                  loading="lazy"
-                                  decoding="async"
-                                  class="h-full w-full object-cover transition duration-300 group-hover:scale-[1.02]"
-                                />
+                                <div
+                                  class:list={[
+                                    "float-right ml-3 mb-2 h-24 w-28 overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-slate-100",
+                                    item.source?.imageStrategy === "linked-page-featured"
+                                      ? "bg-slate-950"
+                                      : "bg-slate-100",
+                                  ]}
+                                >
+                                  <img
+                                    src={item.image}
+                                    alt=""
+                                    loading="lazy"
+                                    decoding="async"
+                                    class:list={[
+                                      "h-full w-full transition duration-300",
+                                      item.source?.imageStrategy === "linked-page-featured"
+                                        ? "object-contain"
+                                        : "object-cover group-hover:scale-[1.02]",
+                                    ]}
+                                  />
                               </div>
                             ) : null}
                             <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2 text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-slate-500">
@@ -514,7 +528,7 @@
                     )}
                   </div>
                 </article>
               ))
             }
           </div>
         </div>

test/community-feed-reader.test.mjs

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ test("loadMemberFeeds normalizes valid source entries", async () => {
         name: "Example Author",
         feedUrl: "https://example.com/feed.xml",
         siteUrl: "https://example.com/",
+        imageStrategy: "linked-page-featured",
       },
     ]),
   );
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ test("loadMemberFeeds normalizes valid source entries", async () => {
       name: "Example Author",
       feedUrl: "https://example.com/feed.xml",
       siteUrl: "https://example.com/",
+      imageStrategy: "linked-page-featured",
     },
   ]);
 });
@@ -224,6 +226,22 @@ test("enrichNotifierItemWithLinkedPageImage finds WordPress featured images", as
   expect(enriched.imageUrl).toBe("https://example.com/featured.jpg");
 });
 
+test("enrichNotifierItemWithLinkedPageImage can replace a feed logo", async () => {
+  const enriched = await enrichNotifierItemWithLinkedPageImage(
+    {
+      imageUrl: "https://example.com/logo.png",
+      link: "https://example.com/post-1",
+    },
+    {
+      force: true,
+      fetchTextFn: async () =>
+        '<img class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" src="/featured.jpg">',
+    },
+  );
+
+  expect(enriched.imageUrl).toBe("https://example.com/featured.jpg");
+});
+
 test("fetchFeedItems fetches, normalizes, dedupes, sorts, and limits items", async () => {
   const source = {
     id: "example-author",

test/fetch-feeds.test.mjs

@@ -121,6 +121,25 @@ describe("composite feed image selection", () => {
     expect(item).not.toHaveProperty("inlineImage");
   });
 
+  test("can prefer a linked WordPress featured image over a feed image", async () => {
+    const item = await enrichItemWithLinkedPageImage(
+      {
+        id: "post-1",
+        link: "https://example.com/post/",
+        image: "https://example.com/logo.png",
+        inlineImage: null,
+      },
+      {
+        force: true,
+        fetchTextFn: vi.fn(async () =>
+          '<img class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" src="/featured.jpg">',
+        ),
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(item.image).toBe("https://example.com/featured.jpg");
+  });
+
   test("retains an inline image when linked-page enrichment fails", async () => {
     const item = await enrichItemWithLinkedPageImage(
       {