Wordpress: Images with excerpt in categories

So bloody annoying - you run a news site, include images with the post, then set up excerpts in your categories a) because it’s easier to read, and b)to minimise duplication of content.

But the image you post with your story doesn’t display with the excerpt…

Just spend a while this evening trying to crack this (or feels it because I’m already seriously knackered).

Anyway, here’s the original WP plugin: The Excerpt Reloaded
And here’s the updated version: The Excerpt Reloaded 2

I’ve now successfully applied this to Platinax News.

Now to finally turn my attention to it on my other sites - a job for tomorrow as my brain cells had already long surrendered before I tried looking for a solution to this.