A featured image for individual categories

[studionoobly]

So I know that you can add a some cool things to a category/archive page like headlines and content but I would really like to add a featured image which I could then place in the header of said category, is this possible? (note I have already got the code that adds featured images to the header I just need to be able to assign a featured image to a category.)

Thanks,

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[Brad Dalton]

Yes, you can use a plugin like WP Display Header.

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[studionoobly]

Cool thanks, I'll have a look but would prefer to do it with no plugins.

[Brad Dalton]

Are you referring to adding a different header image to category archive pages?

Or a different header to posts in different categories

Or using featured images from single posts as different headers?

Also, can you embed the code you have already that adds featured images to the header

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[studionoobly]

Yea I'd like to add a different header image to each of the category archive pages - so the way I would envisage it would be the user clicks on Category settings and somewhere in there they could add a featured image to the category.

This is the current code that adds featured images to the header

add_action( 'genesis_entry_header', 'themeprefix_featured_image', 1 );
function themeprefix_featured_image() {
	$image = genesis_get_image( array( // more options here -> genesis/lib/functions/image.php
			'format'	=> 'html',
			'size'		=> 'large',// add in your image size either a custom one or a default - https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Thumbnails
			'context' => '',
			'attr'		=> array ( 'class' => 'aligncenter' ), // set a default WP image class

		) );
	if ( is_singular() || is_page() ) {
		if ( $image ) {
			printf( '<div class="featured-image">%s</div>', $image ); // wraps the featured image in a div with css class you can control
		}
	}
}

[Brad Dalton]

Are your referring to the entry header or site header? The code you posted hooks a featured image added to the featured image meta box on single posts to the entry header which is where the single post entry title is.

Also, featured images are unique to each single post. I assume you mean adding a unique image ( not featured image ) to the site header, not the entry header?

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[studionoobly]

Yes a unique image but not in the site header currently I have the main menu there, I would need the image to go into the content just above the category title.

[Brad Dalton]

Use the genesis before loop hook to hook in each image with the is_category conditional tag.

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[Brad Dalton]

Here's 2 complete solutions i spent a few hours coding for members.

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