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WP Term Images

Images for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms

By John James Jacoby·Meta·Free
4.6(10 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 4 days ago
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As of April 2026, WP Term Images is a WordPress meta plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 52K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®).

4.6/510 reviews
2.0K+active installs
52K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

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 plugin if you’re on an earlier version.

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  • WP Term Colors
  • WP Term Icons
  • WP Term Visibility
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  • WP User Avatars
  • WP User Groups
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Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

4.610 reviews
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9
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1 ★
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Recent Reviews

Simple and less intrusive
by Alvaro Gois dos Santos·5 years ago

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'>";
}

?>
  • This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by Alvaro Gois dos Santos.
Plugin is out of date, don’t use
by joopon·6 years ago

Not compatible with Woocommerce 3.6.3. All taxonomies disappear.

  • This topic was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by joopon.
Just what I need
by Knut Sparhell·6 years ago

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

Thank you
by dimitris33·8 years ago

Just tested with the latest version of WP.

Best Plugin For Uploading Term Images
by Michelle·8 years ago

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

Download Trends

Today: 7Yesterday: 7This week: 78Period total: 3K

Compatibility

WordPress4.4+ requiredTested up to 5.6.17
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.0
99.5%
v0.3
0.5%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

[1.0.0] – 2017-01-16

  • Stability!
  • Fix text domains
  • Simplify some JavaScript
  • Handle more JavaScript edge-cases
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

StuttterStuttterJohn James JacobyJohn James Jacoby
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.0
Last Updated
Mar 31, 2026
WP Requires
4.4+
Tested Up To
5.6.17
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
2.0K+
Downloads
52K+
Added
Nov 9, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

metatermimagemetadatataxonomy

Developer

J
John James Jacoby
28 plugins0.3M+ total installs
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