Hi,
After removing the default featured image and use the single image field with the ID _thumbnail_id
to save value for this meta key, it works as well with the latest version of Meta Box v5.2.10. Please try again with my sample code
// Remove the featured image
add_action( 'init', function () {
remove_post_type_support( 'post', 'thumbnail' );
} );
add_filter( 'rwmb_meta_boxes', function ( $meta_boxes ) {
// Get the current post thumbnail and set as the default value for the single image field.
$post_id = filter_input( INPUT_GET, 'post', FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT );
$post_thumbnail = get_post_meta( $post_id, '_thumbnail_id' );
$meta_boxes[] = [
'title' => 'Featured image',
'post_types' => 'post',
'fields' => [
// Register a single image field
[
'type' => 'single_image',
'id' => '_thumbnail_id', // This is the must!
'name' => 'Fake featured image',
'std' => $post_thumbnail,
],
],
];
return $meta_boxes;
} );
Let me know how it goes.