1. Install Divi

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2. Login And Download Divi Taxonomy Helper

After completing the purchase, log into your account from the top right corner of the website. You can access your downloads by clicking on the "Orders" tab and then the "View Order" button, or by clicking on the "Downloads" tab. Click on the plugin name to download the plugin and save the file to your computer.

Divi Marketplace Customers: If you purchased this plugin from the Divi Marketplace, you can download the product from your Elegant Themes members area.

4. Add Your License Key

After installing and activating the plugin, the next step is to add the plugin license key. This allows your site to communicate with our servers to ensure that you get automatic updates and support.

Single Product Customers: You can find your license keys by going to the "Subscription" tab in your account and clicking the "View Subscription" button. On the next screen, click the "License Keys" button.

Membership Customers: The license keys are at a different location for Divi Adventure Club members. You can find your license keys by going to the "Order" tab in your account and clicking the "parent" order (the first one when you purchased the membership). Click on the "License Keys"button on the parent order.

For both single product or membership customers, this will bring you to the page where you can view, copy, add, deactivate, and delete license keys. Please check our full License Key Management guide for more information.

Divi Marketplace Customers: If you purchased From Divi Marketplace, then there is no license key to add. Updates and support for the plugin are validated using your Elegant Themes account, so just take a moment to be sure you have the proper Username and API key credentials added in the Divi> Theme Options> Updates tab in your website. Note that there is no additional license key to enter for this product, it is handled entirely by your Elegant Themes account credentials. You can refer to the Divi Marketplace Customer FAQs for more information.

5. Enable The Taxonomy Term Images

Once the plugin is installed and active, it adds several new features to your Divi website. Each of these new settings and features will be explained clearly in the next steps, so we recommend following along on this page as well as reviewing each of the individual decimation pages.

To start, go to the backend of your WordPress Dashboard to the Divi>Theme Options. There you will see a new tab added by our plugin called Divi Taxonomy Helper, with setting toggles below that are used to enable the new taxonomy term image. Each of the setting toggles should be enabled by default for all the taxonomies on your website, but it’s a good idea to be familiar with where these settings are located so you can enable or disable them as needed in the future.

6. Add Images To Taxonomy Terms

Next, use the WordPress admin menu on the left side to navigate to the taxonomy where you want to add images. For example, hover over “Posts” and click on “Categories.” This brings you to a list of all the blog post categories on your site. 

Click on the edit button to open the settings for each category. At the bottom, you will see a new Thumbnail setting has been added by our plugin. Simply click on the Upload/Add Image button, and select an image that represents that category from your Media Library or computer.

7. Add Images To Theme Builder Templates

Our plugin provides support for adding these taxonomy images in the Divi Theme Builder templates. This is actually a very important feature, allowing you to use dynamic content to set the featured image as the background of the header section or in a regular image module. This is perfect for creating category templates, such as an All Categories page using the taxonomy term image as the featured image of the template.

Please reference our full guide on How To Use Taxonomy Featured Images In Divi Theme Builder Templates for more info about why this is needed, what it does, and how to use it.

8. Add The Taxonomies Module

This plugin includes a new custom Divi Taxonomies module, which you can find in the Divi Builder. Everything about the module works just like any other Divi modules, so it will be very easy to use for anyone already familiar with how Divi works. In fact, the module is very similar to the Blog module, but display taxonomies instead of posts.

To add the new Taxonomy module to your layout, go to the Divi Builder and click the gray plus button. The quickest way to find our module is to use the search bar and start typing “tax…” and you will see our custom module which is named “Taxonomies.”

Plugin Updates

Any time we push out an update with new features, improvements, and bug fixes, all customers with an active license will see a notification in your WordPress dashboard. The update process is exactly the same for our plugins as it is for any other WordPress plugin. Learn more about product updates in our documentation. There are some important steps to take, including making a backup, testing on a staging site, and clearing your cache.

Blog Posts/Videos

Every time we release a major new update, we also create a written post and video highlighting all the new features. Be sure to keep an eye on our blog for all the exciting updates! You can check out the past updates on our blog as well.

Other Resources

This main page of our product documentation and the additional links provide everything you need to know to get started. But don't forget to take advantage of our other resources as well. Take a moment to browse and reference all the documentation links such as the frequently asked questions, the product changelog, known issues, troubleshooting steps, and the roadmap. We want you to be able to easily find everything you could need, so we spend a lot of time continually updating everything for your convenience.

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