diff --git a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-admin.php b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-admin.php
index 19e87ec..0605abb 100644
--- a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-admin.php
+++ b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-admin.php
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Admin {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$image_id = displayfeaturedimagegenesis_term_image( $term_id );
+		$image_id = displayfeaturedimagegenesis_get_term_image( $term_id );
 		if ( ! $image_id ) {
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-common.php b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-common.php
index b13b90b..3206c08 100644
--- a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-common.php
+++ b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-common.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Common {
 		// taxonomy
 		if ( is_category() || is_tag() || is_tax() ) {
 			$term_id   = $object->term_id;
-			$term_meta = displayfeaturedimagegenesis_term_image( $term_id );
+			$term_meta = displayfeaturedimagegenesis_get_term_image( $term_id );
 			if ( $term_meta ) {
 				$image_id = $term_meta;
 			}
diff --git a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-taxonomies.php b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-taxonomies.php
index fb659d4..7d6851e 100644
--- a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-taxonomies.php
+++ b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-taxonomies.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Taxonomies extends Display_Featured_Image_G
 	public function edit_taxonomy_meta_fields( $term ) {
 
 		$term_id  = $term->term_id;
-		$image_id = displayfeaturedimagegenesis_term_image( $term_id );
+		$image_id = displayfeaturedimagegenesis_get_term_image( $term_id );
 
 		echo '<tr class="form-field term-image-wrap">';
 			printf( '<th scope="row" valign="top"><label for="displayfeaturedimagegenesis[term_image]">%s</label></th>',
diff --git a/includes/helper-functions.php b/includes/helper-functions.php
index a44862f..252b6ba 100644
--- a/includes/helper-functions.php
+++ b/includes/helper-functions.php
@@ -9,6 +9,26 @@
  * @license   GPL-2.0+
  */
 
+/**
+ * Helper function to retrieve the term image ID, whether as term_meta or wp_options
+ * @param  int $term_id  term ID
+ * @param  string $image_id image ID
+ * @return int           image ID
+ * @since 2.4.0
+ */
+function displayfeaturedimagegenesis_get_term_image( $term_id, $image_id = '' ) {
+	if ( function_exists( 'get_term_meta' ) ) {
+		$image_id = get_term_meta( $term_id, 'displayfeaturedimagegenesis', true );
+	}
+	if ( ! $image_id ) {
+		$term_meta = get_option( "displayfeaturedimagegenesis_$term_id" );
+		if ( $term_meta ) {
+			$image_id = displayfeaturedimagegenesis_check_image_id( $term_meta['term_image'] );
+		}
+	}
+	return $image_id;
+}
+
 /**
  * gets the term image ID
  * @return image_id reusable function to get a post's term image, if it exists
@@ -23,7 +43,7 @@ function display_featured_image_genesis_get_term_image_id( $image_id = '' ) {
 
 	foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
 		$term_id  = $term->term_id;
-		$image_id = displayfeaturedimagegenesis_term_image( $term_id );
+		$image_id = displayfeaturedimagegenesis_get_term_image( $term_id );
 		if ( $image_id ) {
 			break;
 		}
@@ -33,26 +53,6 @@ function display_featured_image_genesis_get_term_image_id( $image_id = '' ) {
 
 }
 
-/**
- * Helper function to retrieve the term image ID, whether as term_meta or wp_options
- * @param  int $term_id  term ID
- * @param  string $image_id image ID
- * @return int           image ID
- * @since 2.4.0
- */
-function displayfeaturedimagegenesis_term_image( $term_id, $image_id = '' ) {
-	if ( function_exists( 'get_term_meta' ) ) {
-		$image_id = get_term_meta( $term_id, 'displayfeaturedimagegenesis', true );
-	}
-	if ( ! $image_id ) {
-		$term_meta = get_option( "displayfeaturedimagegenesis_$term_id" );
-		if ( $term_meta ) {
-			$image_id = displayfeaturedimagegenesis_check_image_id( $term_meta['term_image'] );
-		}
-	}
-	return $image_id;
-}
-
 /**
  * Helper function to get the term image URL.
  * @param  string $size image size