[Resolved] Featured image on Archive page

[Samuel]

Hi,

Is this possible to add a “uploadable featured image” option in archive edition page ?

And then be able to call it with Element hook to display ii in an Archive page header ?

Thanks for your help,
Samuel

[Leo]

Hi there,

Unfortunately not – WordPress ignores all metabox values on archive/posts pages so the featured image option won’t work.

You will just need to use the Custom image option in the header element.

[Samuel]

Hi Leo,

I will continue like if there was a solution to find here ok ? 😉

I looked a little bit more at this problem and I found some informations from Tom and David here in the forum.

To add featured image option to an Archive there is a plugin called “Category Image”.

This plugin offers a function to display the featured image :

<?php if (function_exists('z_taxonomy_image')) z_taxonomy_image(); ?>

So it seems to be possible. 😉

Now I need help to use this function in a Header element.

I need a hero style header and to display this image like a normal “featured image” would display. Or to be more specific like this : http://test.lesventsnousportent.com/sobre-nosotros/

If I just call this image using a Hook like generate-header or other solutions I tried it’s displaying like this : http://test.lesventsnousportent.com/turismo/cultura/

Could you help me find the proper solution here please ?

Thanks a lot

[Tom]

Hi there,

This might help: https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/using-plugin-to-get-images-in-element-for-category-pages/#post-778465

[Samuel]

Hi Tom,

I tried this solution as well but it’s not working, can you validate my workflow

I put the function in a Hook element wp_head, displaying on archive pages :

add_filter( 'generate_page_hero_background_image_url', function( $url ) {
    if ( is_category() && function_exists( 'z_taxonomy_image_url' ) ) {
        $image = z_taxonomy_image_url();

        if ( $image ) {
            return $image;
        }
    }

    return $url;
} );

Then I create a Header element with “featured image” ON and displaying on Archive Pages.

But no image is displaying front-end.

[Elvin]

Hi,

Perhaps these topics can help you.

Adding featured image to archive page’s header element.
https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-get-the-header-on-the-category-pages/#post-1440100
https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/advance-custom-field-image-for-my-category-archive-header-element-background/

[Samuel]

Thanks @Elvin, I followed this step by step without any result.

[Samuel]

Here is what I did

[Elvin]

Instead of adding the PHP snippets through a Hook Element, add the PHP snippets by following this guide: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/

We recommend using Code Snippets plugin if you don’t want to use a Child theme’s functions.php to add your snippets.

[Samuel]

Thanks Elvin, that was it !

[Elvin]

Thanks Elvin, that was it !

No problem. 🙂

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