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Categories Images

The Categories Images is a Wordpress plugin allow you to add image to category, tag or custom taxonomy.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.9
Current version3.3.4
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.9
Minimum stackWP 4.0 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update14 Oct 202619d ago
Active installations50K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.5 / 5 from 86 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Categories Images version 3.3.4 as active, updated 19d ago and tested up to WordPress 6.9.

Overview

About this plugin

The Categories Images is a WordPress plugin allow you to add image to category, tag or custom taxonomy.

> to get the url and put it in any img tag.

> in (category or taxonomy) template.

REST API Support

Access term images via the WP REST API. The field z_taxonomy_image_url is automatically added to term objects.

Enhanced Shortcodes

  • [z_taxonomy_image term_id="123" size="medium" link="yes"] – Display a specific term image with a link.
  • [z_taxonomy_list taxonomy="category" style="grid" columns="4" show_name="yes"] – Display a beautiful grid of terms with their images.

Elementor Integration

Use term images dynamically in Elementor via the native Dynamic Tags system.

Settings

Categories Images settings menu is now under Settings > Categories Images to avoid cluttering the main WordPress menu, the settings now is more organized with a dedicated documentation page that includes usage examples and shortcodes.

From the settings menu, you can exclude any taxonomies from the plugin to avoid conflicts with other plugins like WooCommerce!

Documentation

Documentation is now available inside the plugin settings menu. for more information please visit the Categories Images.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • categories images
  • category image
  • category thumb
  • tag image
  • taxonomy image
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.9

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.9.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.9
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.0 · PHP not listed
Update activity14 Oct 202619d ago

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Recent tracked changes

Version3.3.33.3.4
WordPress compatibility6.9.76.9.10
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