If in category to be inside of a function
If you want to use the function to output the code somewhere: function displayImage($currentPost) { // Show the featured icon only if current post is in “featured” category if ( in_category ( ‘featured’, $currentPost ) ) { $output=”<a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/58811/<?php the_permalink(); ?>”> <span class=”featured_icon”> <img src=”<?php bloginfo(“template_directory’); ?>/images/featured_icon.png” /> </span> </a>’; } else { $output=”” }; … Read more