Sridhar Katakam

Genesis and WordPress Tutorials

Full-width hero image on category / tag / taxonomy archive pages in Genesis

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In the comments section of Full-width hero image on category archive pages in Genesis, the user commented,

Hi Sridhar!
Thank you SO MUCH for creating this tutorial less than 24 hours after I asked about it! You are incredible.

So I have a new wrinkle for you, what would the code look like if I wanted it to work on both category AND tag archives? I tried some things myself but can’t get it to work.

Thanks again!

Below is a variation of the earlier linked tutorial which will work not only on category archives (Ex.: example.com/category/category-1) but also on tag archives (Ex.: example.com/tag/headlines) and any other custom taxonomy term archive pages (Ex.: example.com/portfolio_category/featured).

Step 1

Install and activate WP Term Images plugin.

Step 2

Edit category / tag / taxonomy archive pages and set your desired images.

Step 3

Add the following in child theme's functions.php:

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  • WP Term is no longer compatible with the most recent version of WP. The plugin breaks the WooCommerce category/taxonomies. The plugin Categories Images seems to work for now without any other modifications.

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    • Is there another alternative that works now with WP? Either a plugin or directly adding code to the functions file? Really would like to have different hero images for different categories and tags. Thanks.

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