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I suggest that you install FPW Category Thumbnails plugin. It will cover every scenario mentioned in your question. It will save you from maintaining code in functions.php, and will do it visually! The built-in FPW Post Thumbnails will add very powerful styling to your featured images (borders, shadows, margins, backgrounds, etc). You will be able to switch themes without losing its functionality!

Your code (if you want to use it) needs 2 changes to work. Replace:

if(!isset($_POST['_thumbnail_id'])) {

with

if(-1 == $_POST['_thumbnail_id']) {

and replace:

$cats = $post_categories->term_id;

with

$cats = $post_categories[0]->term_id;

I suggest that you install FPW Category Thumbnails plugin. It will cover every scenario mentioned in your question. It will save you from maintaining code in functions.php, and will do it visually! The built-in FPW Post Thumbnails will add very powerful styling to your featured images (borders, shadows, margins, backgrounds, etc). You will be able to switch themes without losing its functionality!

Your code (if you want to use it) needs 4 changes to work. Replace:

if(!isset($_POST['_thumbnail_id'])) {

with

if(-1 == $_POST['_thumbnail_id']) {

and replace:

$cats = $post_categories->term_id;

with

$cats = $post_categories[0]->term_id;

In lines checking category id, change assign operator = to comparison ==.

I suggest that you install FPW Category Thumbnails plugin. It will cover every scenario mentioned in your question. It will save you from maintaining code in functions.php, and will do it visually! The built-in FPW Post Thumbnails will add very powerful styling to your featured images (borders, shadows, margins, backgrounds, etc). You will be able to switch themes without losing its functionality!

Your code (if you want to use it) needs 2 changes to work. Replace:

if(!isset($_POST['_thumbnail_id'])) {

with

if(-1 == $_POST['_thumbnail_id']) {

and replace:

$cats = $post_categories->term_id;

with

$cats = $post_categories[0]->term_id;

I suggest that you install FPW Category Thumbnails plugin. It will cover every scenario mentioned in your question. It will save you from maintaining code in functions.php, and will do it visually! The built-in FPW Post Thumbnails will add very powerful styling to your featured images (borders, shadows, margins, backgrounds, etc). You will be able to switch themes without losing its functionality!

Your code (if you want to use it) needs 2 changes to work. Replace:

if(!isset($_POST['_thumbnail_id'])) {

with

if(-1 == $_POST['_thumbnail_id']) {

and replace:

$cats = $post_categories->term_id;

with

$cats = $post_categories[0]->term_id;

I suggest that you install FPW Category Thumbnails plugin. It will cover every scenario mentioned in your question. It will save you from maintaining code in functions.php, and will do it visually! The built-in FPW Post Thumbnails will add very powerful styling to your featured images (borders, shadows, margins, backgrounds, etc). You will be able to switch themes without losing its functionality!

I suggest that you install FPW Category Thumbnails plugin. It will cover every scenario mentioned in your question. It will save you from maintaining code in functions.php, and will do it visually! The built-in FPW Post Thumbnails will add very powerful styling to your featured images (borders, shadows, margins, backgrounds, etc). You will be able to switch themes without losing its functionality!

Your code (if you want to use it) needs 2 changes to work. Replace:

if(!isset($_POST['_thumbnail_id'])) {

with

if(-1 == $_POST['_thumbnail_id']) {

and replace:

$cats = $post_categories->term_id;

with

$cats = $post_categories[0]->term_id;