Assign a featured image to a category

CMS & WordPress
1

I have a category at
http://fixmysite.us/gmpc/wordpress/?cat=7
If you notice, the featured image (the third wide one on the right in the header).
Is there a way I can assign it a featured image (like I can a page) cause right now, its random image and I want to make it a specific image.

Thanks…

2

Through use of custom field or check wordpress org, there may be some plugins.

3

ok, im pretty new with wordpress and want to understand the logic here.So the featured image is called by the header.php file, so I found the code that spits it out, and altered it to check for categories 5,6, and 7so am I on the right track
(heres the altered code in my header.php file


<?php
// Check if this is a post or page, if it has a thumbnail, and if it's a big one
if ( is_singular() && current_theme_supports( 'post-thumbnails' ) && has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) && ( /* $src, $width, $height */ $image =  wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'post-thumbnail' ) ) &&
$image[1] >= HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH ) :
// Houston, we have a new header image!
echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID );
elseif ( get_header_image() ) : ?>
<img src="<?php header_image(); ?>" width="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH; ?>" height="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT; ?>" alt="" />
<?php //check for category 5
elseif ( is_category( '5' ) ) : ?>
<img src="path/to/cat5_featuredimage.png" width="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH; ?>" height="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT; ?>" alt="" />
<?php //check for category 6
elseif ( is_category( '6' ) ) : ?>
<img src="path/to/cat6_featuredimage.png" width="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH; ?>" height="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT; ?>" alt="" />
<?php //check for category 7
elseif ( is_category( '7' ) ) : ?>
<img src="path/to/cat7_featuredimage.png" width="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH; ?>" height="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT; ?>" alt="" />
<?php endif; ?>
4

Looks like it would do the trick. If not, try reordering the elseif’s like so (keep the most important stuff closer to the top of the if…else block):


<?php
// Check if this is a post or page, if it has a thumbnail, and if it's a big one
if ( is_category( '5' ) ) : ?>
<img src="path/to/cat5_featuredimage.png" width="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH; ?>" height="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT; ?>" alt="" />
<?php //check for category 6
elseif ( is_category( '6' ) ) : ?>
<img src="path/to/cat6_featuredimage.png" width="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH; ?>" height="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT; ?>" alt="" />
<?php //check for category 7
elseif ( is_category( '7' ) ) : ?>
<img src="path/to/cat7_featuredimage.png" width="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH; ?>" height="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT; ?>" alt="" />
elseif ( is_singular() && current_theme_supports( 'post-thumbnails' ) && has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) && ( /* $src, $width, $height */ $image =  wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'post-thumbnail' ) ) && $image[1] >= HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH ) :
// Houston, we have a new header image!
echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID );
elseif ( get_header_image() ) : ?>
<img src="<?php header_image(); ?>" width="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH; ?>" height="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT; ?>" alt="" />
<?php //check for category 5
elseif
<?php endif; ?>
5

k, worked rearranging the if statements like you did…
Thank you…