Pat Hawks

CAYdenberg

[catthumb id=”CategoryID” link=”true”] will find the most recent post in the specified Category with a featured image and return the thumbnail for that image. If link=”true” is specified, the image will link to the category specified.
You can optionally search custom post types with the <code>post_type</code> attribute, and specify the thumbnail size with the <code>size</code> attribute. IE <code>[catthumb id="CategoryID" link="true" post_type="restaurants" size="full"]</code>
The plugin will only search featured images, not attached images. It will not look for images embedded in the post itself, or other attached images. If a category does not have any posts with featured images, this plugin will not return a thumbnail image, even if the category has posts with attached images.

Category Thumbnail

Adds shortcode [catthumb] to embed a thumbnail image for a category.

Srawan Paudel

A plugin that displays media items (images & videos) in a carousel fetched from an ACF field.

Media Carousel ACF Field

Displays images and videos in a carousel fetched from Advanced Custom Fields (ACF).

Category Thumbnail vs Media Carousel ACF Field