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Posted by csj
csj
12,678 Points

Display custom taxonomy on a page

Sorry this is simple stupid question, but I can't get it to work. There must be some logical part I'm missing.

Using Custom Post Type UI.

  1. I've create a custom post type, called team.
  2. I've create a custom taxonomy jobtitle and attached it to team. And it shows up and I can add to it.
  3. I've created a page named single-team.php put display the post types content. And it works.
  4. But how do I display the current taxonomy associated with each post. It could be manager or administration.

I've tired the codex and have come across get_the_terms but clearly I'm doing it way wrong.

get_the_terms( $post->ID, 'jobtitle' ); But I even can see that it lacks something.

I don't want to display the whole list of taxonomies ( for now) just the one or two that might be associated with a spectic team member (post).

Hope it make sense.

Doru Marginean
Doru Marginean
2,290 Points
Doru Marginean
Doru Marginean
2,290 Points

Hi Christian Steen Jørgensen,

The example you provided using get_the_terms() returns an object and you need to construct the HTML. I think it will be easier for you to use get_the_term_list().

<?php
/**
 * Basic example
 *
 * @return string HTML of taxonomy terms
 */
echo get_the_term_list( $post->ID, 'jobtitle', 'Job titles: ', ', ' );
?>

More info here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_term_list