[Resolved] Using plugin to get images in element for category pages.

[Joe]

Hello-

I would like to create a hero element for category pages and display a featured background image.

I found this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/categories-images/

But I did not figure out how to integrate the code required to display the images to work.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks!

[Joe]

Would appreciate some help with this, thanks!

[David]

Hi there,

give this plugin a shot, it should be self configuring whereas the other looks like you would need to edit the theme templates:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-featured-images-extended/

[Joe]

Hmmm- nice plugin but still not working for me- the image set for the category still does not show up as background in the header in hero element.

[David]

How many categories do you have (plan on having)?

[Joe]

Maybe 30 max

[David]

i am not sure theres an easy way to get the category featured image to work in the header element. I will ask Tom.

In the meantime you would need to create a separate header element for each of the Categories and use the Custom Image background. Look for the Duplicate Post plugin on wordpress.org, install that and within the Dashboard > Settings > Duplicate – check the Elements field, this will allow you to easily create new drafts of an existing header element.

[Joe]

Ok thank you!

[Tom]

You could try this:

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;
} );

That should work with the first plugin you mentioned 🙂

[Joe]

Thank you so much Tom, appreciate it! Will give this a shot.

[Tom]

No problem 🙂

[Joe]

Opps- logo disappearing now when I try to use a child theme with the functions file.

[Joe]

ok fixed the logo issue.

[Joe]

Ok thanks so much Tom, it works! Marking as solved.

[Tom]

Glad I could help 🙂

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