Will need to try this Term Meta. It’s awesome.

While developers celebrate the first half of the WordPress REST API being merged into WordPress, there’s also another reason to celebrate. Six years in the making, taxonomy term meta will be …

Source: Justin Tadlock Explains Taxonomy Term Meta

 

As we gear up for the release of WordPress version 4.4, many developers are planning some cool features that they’ve been waiting for years to implement. T

Source: Introduction to WordPress term meta

 

Meta data can now be added to terms to create features like default category thumbnails. Thomas Maier shows how to edit, update and retrieve them.

Source: Introducing Term Meta Data In WordPress And How To Use Them – Smashing Magazine

 

UPDATE (10-Feb-2016):

Term Meta is a great tool for any WordPress. Here is exactly how you use it, save it and more.

Source: Introduction To Term Meta In WordPress | @thetorquemag