WordPress list taxonomy terms from custom vocabulary

This is how you can print taxonomy terms form a custom vocabulary in the post template. WordPress print taxonomy terms from custom vocabulary.

WordPress list taxonomy terms from custom vocabulary

In the following example my custom vocabularies are: pods_tax_industry, pods_tax_profile and pods_tax_service.

I get the terms using get_terms(). I add them to an array named $special_terms[].

I loop through the special taxonomy vocabularies and inside the loop I loop through the individual terms. I get the links to the terms using get_term_link() function.

$has_items = false;
$post_term_links = "";

$tindustry = get_terms( 
	array(
       'taxonomy' => 'pods_tax_industry',
       'hide_empty' => true,
	) 
);
$tprofile = get_terms( 
	array(
       'taxonomy' => 'pods_tax_profile',
       'hide_empty' => true,
	) 
);
$tservice = get_terms( 
	array(
       'taxonomy' => 'pods_tax_service',
      'hide_empty' => true,
	) 
);
$special_terms[] = $tindustry;
$special_terms[] = $tprofile;
$special_terms[] = $tservice;

foreach ($special_terms as $terms) { 
  $html_output = '<div class="post_terms">';
  foreach ( $terms as $tag ) {
  	$has_items = true;
    $tag_link = get_term_link( $tag->term_id );
    $html_output .= "<a href='{$tag_link}' title='{$tag->name} Tag' class='{$tag->slug}'>";
    $html_output .= "{$tag->name}</a> ";
  }
  $html_output .= '</div>';

  if ($has_items) {
  	$post_term_links .= $html_output;
  }
}
?>

Reference to get_terms() on WordPress.org

Taxonomy terms that the current post is tagged with

I get the terms using wp_get_post_term(). I add them to an array named $special_terms[] and proceed the same way as previously.

<?php 
  $post_id = $post->ID;
  $post_term_links = "";
  $tindustry = wp_get_post_terms( $post_id, 'pods_tax_industry');
  $tprofile = wp_get_post_terms( $post_id, 'pods_tax_profile');
  $tservice = wp_get_post_terms( $post_id, 'pods_tax_service');

  $special_terms[] = $tindustry;
  $special_terms[] = $tprofile;
  $special_terms[] = $tservice;

foreach ($special_terms as $terms) { 
    $html_output = '<div class="post_terms">';
    foreach ( $terms as $tag ) {
      $tag_link = get_term_link( $tag->term_id );  
      $html_output .= "<a href='{$tag_link}' title='{$tag->name} Tag' class='{$tag->slug}'>";
      $html_output .= "{$tag->name}</a> ";
    }
    $html_output .= '</div>';
    $post_term_links .= $html_output;
  }
?>

Printing the terms

Later in the template file I just check if the variable is not empty and print it.

<?php if(!empty($post_term_links)): ?>
<div class="post-tag-link">
  <?php echo $post_term_links ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

Alternatively to get a quick list of terms you can do the following

// To get a quick List of the terms you can always use wp_list_pluck then use Join with a "," as separator.

$term_obj_list = get_the_terms( $post_id, 'pods_tax_industry' );
if(!empty($term_obj_list)){
   $the_terms= join(', ', wp_list_pluck($term_obj_list, 'name'));
   echo $the_terms;
}

Reference to wp_get_post_terms on WordPress.org

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