Set images for categories, especially for display as fallback post thumbnails or featured images.
| Author: | CK MacLeod (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 3.5.0 |
| WordPress version tested: | 4.8.1 |
| Plugin version: | 1.52 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 23-09-2016 |
| Last updated: | 07-09-2017
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. 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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| Rating, %: | 88 |
| Rated by: | 7 |
| Plugin URI: | http://ckmacleod.com/category-featured-images... |
| Total downloads: | 8 624 |
| Active installs: | 600+ |
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Screenshots
Settings Page
Edit Category Page
Posts Archive Before CFIX
Posts Archive After CFIX
Installation Instructions
- Install and activate the plugin
- DE-ACTIVATE CATEGORY FEATURED IMAGES IF ACTIVATED
- Go to “Posts/Categories”
- Edit a category
- Set the category featured image
- Go to “Settings/Category Featured Images Extended” to set fallback options.
1. Why Aren’t My Fallback Images Showing Up on a Few/Some/All Posts?
Assuming that you’ve cleared any caches that might be affecting display, and that you’ve properly added the relevant category images, one possibility is that your post data (“Post Metadata”) was corrupted or incompletely inserted during a restore, import, or other operation, and that WordPress wrongly thinks that your posts have thumbnail or featured images when they don’t really. Many relatively well-tested, widely and even very widely in use WordPress plug-ins and functions will produce this “thumbnail false positive” behavior.
CFIX has been written to provide a thumbnail image even in such cases, but please contact the developer if you encounter such an outcome, as the plug-in is still new, and use cases are still being assembled. For instructions on Flushing Bad Thumbnail Data see CFIX Advanced Topics.
2. Is CFIX causing a performance hit at my site?
CFIX WILL add some overhead, especially if your layout features large numbers of posts calling for thumbnails or featured images that have not been set, requiring the plug-in to work overtime to find fallbacks. Slowed page loads should be mitigated with proper use of good caching applications – which you ought to be using in any event, especially if utilizing image-rich multi-post displays, and depending on the plug-in to provide a large number of substitute images.
ChangeLog
1.52
- Include ‘wp-admin/includes/plugin.php’ so that function tag does not produce error – thanks to Emiliano Costanzo!
1.51
1.5
- Option to use Yoast SEO Primary category for image if available. Streamlined.
1.4
- Special transitional version (use Yoast SEO if present)
1.34
- Avoid PHP Warnings for illegal offset when no global fallback category has been set – now tests whether value has been set.
1.33
- Corrected syntax to avoid “function return value in write context” errors in deprecated (pre-5.5) versions of PHP.
1.32
- Added variable definition to prevent pesky undefined warning on activation in some installations; fixed js script localization
1.31
- Removed problematic “thumbnail false positive” detection for restoration as future option.
1.3
- Tags options
- Performance-related enhancements
1.2.1
1.2
- Fixes serious bug created in 1.1 – so somewhat critical upgrade if already upgraded to 1.1
1.1
- Exclusion/Parent Category fallback corrections; avoid “has thumbnail” false positives.
1.0.1
- Maintenance: Typos, Uninstall Error, Admin Footer
1.0
- First Version in WordPress Repo
