Thanks jrav001, im going to look into this and test it out.
Chip, I’ll attach an image to visually explain what i’m trying to accomplish.
In the post/ post edit page you have your standard Category option (2.)
The template i’m using has pre-set Format options (1.)
The preset format options display an icon over the set featured image on the home page when selected (3b.), or not (3a.).
The posts you see were automatically generated. However (3b.) I opened the post and selected the format option for video, which displays the icon.
I would like to make wordpress associate the format ( 4 types ) with 4 categories, i.e. Posts under Video categories automatically have video format. Articles posted automatically have standard Format, etc etc.
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