what version on PHP? You can finde the version by adding a text file called phpinfo.php containing the following:
HTML Code:
<?php
if (! ($xmlparser = xml_parser_create()) )
{
die ("Cannot create parser");
}
phpinfo();
?>
and then running it with 'your domain.com/phpinfo.php - once you run it and get the php version delete the file so hackers can't find it and run it. FYI: I have access to php v7.0.27 and featured images work fine.
What verson of Atahualpa?
do you see anything in your error.log file?
do you see any messages if you edit the wp-config.php and set:
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define('WP_DEBUG', true);