Title: Multiple taxonomies Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Multiple taxonomies * Resolved [formica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/formica/) * (@formica) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/) * Please can someone help I’m totally confused. I need to list posts with multiple taxonomies ie. * List custom posts of ‘Therapists’, by taxonomies of ‘location’, and by ‘therapy’. * arrghh… Please help. * ``` $args=array( 'post_type' => 'therapist', 'therapies' => 'acupressure', 'location' => 'bristol', 'post_status' => 'publish', ); $my_query = null; $my_query = new WP_Query($args); if( $my_query->have_posts() ) { while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ``` * do something… Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/page/2/?output_format=md) * Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) * (@keesiemeijer) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614671) * try it with a tax_query: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Query#Taxonomy_Parameters](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Query#Taxonomy_Parameters) * something like this: * ``` $args = array( 'post_type' => 'therapist', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'tax_query' => array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'therapies', 'field' => 'slug', 'terms' => array( 'acupressure' ) ), array( 'taxonomy' => 'location', 'field' => 'slug', 'terms' => array( 'bristol' ) ) ) ); $my_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ``` * Thread Starter [formica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/formica/) * (@formica) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614717) * And relax…. thank you keesiemeijer. Seriously appreciated. * Got myself in a serious muddle with taxonomies, I still am but I can see a bit of light now. * Sorry last question, is there a way for it to dynamically get the current taxonomy of ‘therapies’ itself. I’m showing it on a post that’s already been tagged with the taxonomy of ‘acupressure’. * ie. can get the current taxonomy for ‘therapy’ itself? * Thanks. * Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) * (@keesiemeijer) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614728) * You can get the current category with this: * ``` $current_cat = get_query_var('cat'); // category ID $current_cat_slug = get_query_var('category_name'); // category slug (only on category page) ``` * or maybe this with custom taxonomies: * ``` // get queried object $object = get_queried_object(); if($object->taxonomy == 'therapy' ) { $current_tax_term_slug = $object->slug; // term slug $current_tax_term_id = $object->term_id; // term ID } ``` * Thread Starter [formica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/formica/) * (@formica) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614748) * Hmmm… Thanks for your help but I’m Sorry I’m still struggling. * How would I get it in the array, such as: * ``` array( 'taxonomy' => 'therapies', 'field' => 'slug', 'terms' => $object->slug ), ``` * Perhaps more worryingly if I echo the ‘$current_tax_term_id’ elsewhere on the post i get nothing. * I’ve registered the taxonomy ‘therapies’ under my custom post type of ‘therapists’. All seems to work, however I’ve also allowed the taxonomy ‘therapies’ to be under the standard wordpress ‘post’ type. * So I’ve then created a standard post called ‘Acupressure’ and tagged it as ‘acupressure’ in the taxonomy of ‘therapies’. So why does it not echo it’s taxonomy term? * I’m so confused 🙁 * Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) * (@keesiemeijer) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614760) * > I’m showing it on a post that’s already been tagged with the taxonomy of ‘acupressure’. * On what template file are you using this? Are you using this on a archive template or single.php? * Thread Starter [formica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/formica/) * (@formica) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614895) * Hi, it’s on single.php * Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) * (@keesiemeijer) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614899) * My mistake. On single.php $object = get_queried_object(); is not a taxonomy object but a post object. You can check if the post on single.php has any terms of the“ therapies” taxonomy with this: * ``` $terms = wp_get_post_terms( $post->ID, 'therapies' ); if($terms){ // post has therapies terms attached } ``` * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_post_terms](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_post_terms) * Thread Starter [formica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/formica/) * (@formica) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614900) * Ahhh… makes sense. Thankyou. Sorry for not fully explaining, the current template didn’t occur to me. I’m now so close. * If i print_r that i get: * Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 6 [name] => Acupressure [slug] => acupressure [term_group] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 12 [taxonomy] => therapies[ description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 2 ) ) * Which i encouraging as it’s picking up the term. * All i need to do now is get that term in your above query * ``` $args = array( 'post_type' => 'therapist', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'tax_query' => array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'therapies', 'field' => 'slug', 'terms' => // get the current term name ), array( 'taxonomy' => 'location', 'field' => 'slug', 'terms' => array( 'bristol' ) ) ) ); $my_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ``` * Thanks for helping – i can finally see the end. * Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) * (@keesiemeijer) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614901) * try it with this: [http://pastebin.com/riUCiCm0](http://pastebin.com/riUCiCm0) * Thread Starter [formica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/formica/) * (@formica) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614902) * Thanks. I can see that’s exactly what i need but unfortunately it throws up an error: * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘=’, expecting ‘&’ or T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or ‘$’ in /../single.php on line 51 * Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) * (@keesiemeijer) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614903) * Oops, change this: * ``` foreach ($therapy_terms as => $term){ ``` * to this: * ``` foreach ($therapy_terms as $term){ ``` * Thread Starter [formica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/formica/) * (@formica) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614905) * Aw.. so close, I can see why it would work but it’s now displaying nothing. No errors all’s fine but just not outputting the name. * [http://pastebin.com/uX3tXeNq](http://pastebin.com/uX3tXeNq) * Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) * (@keesiemeijer) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614907) * I need more coffee. Another mistake. change this: * ``` foreach ($therapy_terms as $term){ ``` * to this: * ``` foreach ($terms as $term){ ``` * Thread Starter [formica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/formica/) * (@formica) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614909) * Holy Mother of God! * Even minus some caffeine you’re an unfettered genius! * I can’t thank you enough. * Thankyou thankyou and thankyou. * Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) * (@keesiemeijer) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomies/#post-2614910) * You’re welcome. 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