WordPress Taxonomies

When WordPress 3.0 introduced hierarchical taxonomies nearly a decade ago, taxonomies became an even more useful tool in the toolkit of WordPress developers. On a high level, we can think of taxonomies as ways of grouping things together. Within the WordPress platform, a taxonomy is a mechanism for grouping things like posts, custom post types, or links.

• What Is a WordPress Taxonomy?
  • 4 Types of WordPress Taxonomies
• WordPress Taxonomy Template
  • Taxonomy Template Hierarchy
  • Category Hierarchy
  • Tag Hierarchy
  • Custom Taxonomy Hierarchy
• How To Create Taxonomy Template Files
  • How To Add Text To Your Category Pages
  • Static Text Above the Posts
  • How To Put Different Text on Some Category Pages
  • How To Display Text Only on the First Page of Archive
• Custom WordPress Taxonomies
  • Creating Custom WordPress Taxonomies
  • Creating a Custom WordPress Taxonomy With Plugins
  • Create Custom WordPress Taxonomies by Adding Code To functions.php
  • Hierarchical taxonomy (category): Example Code
  • Non-hierarchical taxonomy (tag): Example Code
• Wrapping Up: Understanding WordPress Taxonomies