## Category fields

Product: Verba - Modern Blog & Magazine WordPress Theme
URL: https://hub.jkdevstudio.com/docs/verba/theme-settings/settings-categories
Updated: 2026-09-09
Summary: The fields Verba adds to a category: the visual shown in its archive header and on cards, the category icon, and one post pinned above the listing.
Availability: Pro only.

Categories get their own fields on the term edit screen, at [[Posts > Categories]], in the **Category options** group.

## Category media

:::options

- **Category media** (default: none): What shows in this category header and on its cards. None, an image, or a video.

- **Category thumbnail**: The image, for the image option.

- **Video source**: Self-hosted, YouTube, or Vimeo, for the video option. Each source then asks for the file or the URL.

:::

This visual is used in two places: the header of the category archive, and any card where the category itself is shown. Set it once and both follow.

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Video headers look striking and cost bandwidth on every visit to that archive. A short, quiet, well-compressed clip is the difference between a category page people admire and one they wait for.

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## Identity

:::options

- **Category icon**: A small mark next to the name, wherever the theme shows categories as a list.

:::

## Featured post

:::options

- **Featured post**: Pin one post above this archive listing.

:::

The same field exists on tags and on user profiles, and it behaves the same way in all three: one post, lifted out of the list and placed above it.

## What is not here

How the category archive itself looks, its layout, card style, pagination, and the rest, is set globally rather than per category. See Advanced archives.

<details><summary>My category image does not appear on the archive</summary>

Check that the media type is set to image, not none, and that the archive header style you are using actually shows a visual. Some header styles are text only.

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<details><summary>Can a category have both an image and a video?</summary>

No, the media field picks one. Set the video and it replaces the image in the places that visual is used.

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