Title: Multi-level taxonomy navigation
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Multi-level taxonomy navigation

 *  [antosha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antosha/)
 * (@antosha)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multi-level-taxonomy-navigation/)
 * Hi there,
    I would like to know how can display a multilevel custom taxonomy 
   menu that expands depending of the current parent / children taxonomy that is
   selected.
 * Example:
    ——————- Taxonomy navigation – taxonomy 1 – taxonomy 2 – taxonomy 3 ——————-
 * When I click the “taxonomy 1” link, the page of that taxonomy loads and the “
   Taxonomy navigation” list now also shows the children taxonomies of taxonomy 
   1 which becomes bold:
 * ——————-
    Taxonomy navigation – **taxonomy 1** [selected] — taxonomy 1.1 — taxonomy
   1.2 — taxonomy 1.3 – taxonomy 2 – taxonomy 3 ——————-
 * After that, when I click on “taxonomy 1.1” it should look like this:
 * ——————-
    Taxonomy navigation – **taxonomy 1** — **taxonomy 1.1 **[selected] —
   taxonomy 1.2 — taxonomy 1.3 – taxonomy 2 – taxonomy 3 ——————-
 * So, it should work as a hierarchical menu and display the active state of the
   current taxonomy.
 * Thanks!

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 *  Thread Starter [antosha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antosha/)
 * (@antosha)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multi-level-taxonomy-navigation/#post-1918186)
 * Anyone has any clue?
    I have found a plugin that seems to do what I want to do,
   but the plugin is for “Pages” only : [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hierarchical-pages/screenshots/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hierarchical-pages/screenshots/)
 *  Thread Starter [antosha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antosha/)
 * (@antosha)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multi-level-taxonomy-navigation/#post-1918196)
 * ok guys some updates: I played a little with the code and here is what I come
   up with. Now the categories (taxonomies) show in a hierarchic way but the list
   only shows up in the post page and index page. In the archive page it outputs“
   no category”.
 *     ```
       <?php 
   
       $taxonomy     = 'mytaxonomy';
       $orderby      = 'id';
       $show_count   = 1;      // 1 for yes, 0 for no
       $pad_counts   = 0;      // 1 for yes, 0 for no
       $hierarchical = 1;      // 1 for yes, 0 for no
       $title        = '';
       $current_tax = get_query_var('mytaxonomy');
       $hide_empty = 0;
   
       $args = array(
         'taxonomy'     => $taxonomy,
         'orderby'      => $orderby,
         'show_count'   => $show_count,
         'pad_counts'   => $pad_counts,
         'hierarchical' => $hierarchical,
         'title_li'     => $title,
         'child_of'  => $current_tax,
        'hide_empty'  => $hide_empty,
       'current_category'   => 0
       );
       ?>
       <ul>
       <?php wp_list_categories( $args ); ?>
       </ul>
       ```
   

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 * Last reply from: [antosha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antosha/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multi-level-taxonomy-navigation/#post-1918196)
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