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You can easily assign an image to each category or tag and then display a gallery style block of images via a widget or shortcode.<\/p>\n\n<p>Check out the video here for a quick summary on how the plugin works.<\/p>\n\n<p>[vimeo https:\/\/vimeo.com\/74688948]<\/p>\n\n<p>(NB. 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