Images for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms
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®).
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.
Not since WordPress 4.4.
Install the WP Term Meta plugin if you’re on an earlier version.
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'>";
}
?>
Not compatible with Woocommerce 3.6.3. All taxonomies disappear.
Excellent! Works like a charm. Very useful for building nice term pages.
Just tested with the latest version of WP.
Used this plugin to upload images for each category and child category using get_terms to display the images in a template.
| WordPress | 4.4+ requiredTested up to 5.6.17 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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