It seems like " results in some issues if it gets used within category-description or -title because it doesn't get escaped when showing within admin-page even so it works correct on user-scope.
Just try "><a>test</a> within the description or title...
@psychobunny I believe it has something to do with CentOS or running Plesk/cPanel as I have not for the life of me been able to make it work properly, even with that guide. We are switching to a Debian server soon without Plesk or cPanel so hopefully that will render the issue solved.
In the ACP you can give the image a class. Use cover to have it fit the box. Or you can give anything you want and then customize in the theme CSS override.