Post thumbnail dependant on category

Question

I have two categories (our work and news) and only one single.php If looking at a single post in the news category then I want to show the thumbnail too so have inserted:

<?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {the_post_thumbnail('medium');} ?>

But I dont want this to appear if viewing a single post within the our work category, what can I add to remove this for category ID#2?

Answer 1

You could do this :

$categories = get_the_category($post->ID);
$cat = $categories[0]->cat_name;

if ( has_post_thumbnail() && $cat == 'news' ) { the_post_thumbnail('medium'); } 

*EDIT: the code grabs the post category, line 2 grabs cat name from the object and I use it as a condition in if statement *

Answer 2

I would do it this way. It will work even if you assign multiple categories to posts.

if ( has_post_thumbnail() && has_category('news') ) {  // or !has_category('our-work')
    the_post_thumbnail('medium');
}