Title: WP Term Images
Author: John James Jacoby
Published: <strong>Du 9, 2015</strong>
Last modified: Meurth 31, 2026

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Term Images

 By [John James Jacoby](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-term-images.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/#installation)
 * [Development](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-images/)

## Description

Images for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms

WP Term Images allows users to assign images to any visible category, tag, or taxonomy
term using the media library, providing a customized look for their taxonomies.

#### Dependencies

Not since WordPress 4.4.

Install the [WP Term Meta](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-meta/) plugin if
you’re on an earlier version.

#### Also checkout

 * [WP Chosen](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-chosen/)
 * [WP Pretty Filters](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pretty-filters/)
 * [WP Media Categories](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-media-categories/)
 * [WP Term Order](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-order/)
 * [WP Term Authors](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-authors/)
 * [WP Term Colors](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-colors/)
 * [WP Term Icons](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-icons/)
 * [WP Term Visibility](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-visibility/)
 * [WP User Activity](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-activity/)
 * [WP User Avatars](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatars/)
 * [WP User Groups](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-groups/)
 * [WP User Profiles](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-profiles/)

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Category Images
 * [[
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## Installation

 * Download and install using the built in WordPress plugin installer.
 * Activate in the “Plugins” area of your admin by clicking the “Activate” link.
 * No further setup or configuration is necessary.

## FAQ

### Does this create new database tables?

No. There are no new database tables with this plugin.

### Does this modify existing database tables?

No. All of WordPress’s core database tables remain untouched.

### How do I get the image for a term?

With WordPress’s `get_term_meta()` function

    ```
    // image id is stored as term meta
    $image_id = get_term_meta( 7, 'image', true );

    // image data stored in array, second argument is which image size to retrieve
    $image_data = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $image_id, 'full' );

    // image url is the first item in the array (aka 0)
    $image = $image_data[0];

    if ( ! empty( $image ) ) {
        echo '<img src="' . esc_url( $image ) . '" />';
    }
    ```

### Where can I get support?

 * Basic: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-images/
 * Priority: https://chat.flox.io/support/channels/wp-term-images/

### Where can I find documentation?

http://github.com/stuttter/wp-term-images/

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2794b9a3cf41aa07d8ba0ced0219b77d7e2c9a6aa4d9889b784a4a0125260595?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Simple and less intrusive](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-less-intrusive/)󠁿

 [Alvaro Gois dos Santos](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alvarogois/) Mis-Genver
23, 2021

It’s simple and less intrusive than other plugins that do the same. It blends better
with WordPress UI. It doesn’t show anything in the frontend if the correct code 
isn’t added to the theme, something like this I guess: <?php $taximg_id = get_queried_object()-
>term_id; // image id is stored as term meta $image_id = get_term_meta( $taximg_id,'
image', true ); // image data stored in array, second argument is which image size
to retrieve $image_data = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $image_id, 'full' ); // image
url is the first item in the array (aka 0) $image = $image_data[0]; if( $image ){
echo "<img src=" . $image . " class='term-image'>"; } ?>

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/abbc3e37a6b5da7b2e57006e355059d5f8860dfba4bd734cf0658886552721cd?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Plugin is out of date, don’t use](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-out-of-date-dont-use/)󠁿

 [joopon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joopon/) Me 23, 2019

Not compatible with Woocommerce 3.6.3. All taxonomies disappear.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd257f389c91f137dab25f343b527123e887135b01921ebb6206e40cfa2eb636?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Just what I need](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-what-i-need-106/)󠁿

 [Knut Sparhell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/knutsp/) Me 1, 2019

Excellent! Works like a charm. Very useful for building nice term pages.

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### 󠀁[Thank you](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thank-you-1355/)󠁿

 [dimitris33](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dimitris33/) Metheven 2, 2017

Just tested with the latest version of WP.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e2678d0a0a93d3309c4436f335b68d7a67d36964eef52f03752eaa83965406a7?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Best Plugin For Uploading Term Images](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-plugin-for-uploading-term-images/)󠁿

 [Michelle](https://profiles.wordpress.org/michellereefcole/) Ebrel 29, 2017

Used this plugin to upload images for each category and child category using get_terms
to display the images in a template.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Thanks!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thanks-662/)󠁿

 [wellbeingtips](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wellbeingtips/) Mis-Genver 27, 2017

keep up the good job!

 [ Read all 10 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-images/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Term Images” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/)
 *   [ Stuttter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuttter/)

“WP Term Images” has been translated into 10 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-term-images/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “WP Term Images” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-term-images)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-term-images/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-term-images/), or 
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-term-images/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-term-images/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### [1.0.0] – 2017-01-16

 * Stability!
 * Fix text domains
 * Simplify some JavaScript
 * Handle more JavaScript edge-cases

#### [0.3.1] – 2016-07-13

 * Fix regular edits

#### [0.3.0] – 2016-05-27

 * Fix quick-edits
 * Update WP Term Meta UI dependency to 0.1.9

#### [0.2.0] – 2016-01-07

 * Fix new-term form action hi-jacking
 * Update WP Term Meta UI dependency to 0.1.4

#### [0.1.0] – 2015-11-09

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **2 mis ago**
 *  Active installations **2,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.4 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.6.17**
 *  Languages
 * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/),
   [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/),
   [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/), [Norwegian (Bokmål)](https://nb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/),
   [Polish](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/), [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/),
   [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/),
   ha [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-term-images)
 * Tags
 * [image](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image/)[meta](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/meta/)
   [metadata](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/metadata/)[taxonomy](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomy/)
   [term](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/term/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://cor.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.6 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  9 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-images/reviews/?filter=5)
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 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-images/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-images/reviews/#new-post)

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## Contributors

 *   [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/)
 *   [ Stuttter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuttter/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-images/)

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