term_description in a page template

  • Resolved daztayor

    (@daztayor)


    15 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone help with this one.

    I’d like to display a taxonomy term_description on a ‘page template’ – not a taxonomy or post template. The page has a standard loop bringing in the usual page detail. I’m guessing I need to add a second loop specifying which taxonomy terms I’d like to display.
    I’ve trawled the web and found info on how to bring in the description (and an image using a plugin) using taxonomy-XXXX.php but nothing for importing on a page.

    Is this possible or am I approaching this from the wrong angle.

    Many thanks in advance.

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  • vtxyzzy

    (@vtxyzzy)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    It is not well documented in the Codex, but get_the_terms() will return all the term objects associated with a post. Insert code like this in the loop:

    $terms = get_the_terms($post->ID,'category');
foreach ($terms as $term) {
   echo "<p>$term->name  $term->description</p>";
}
    Thread Starter daztayor

    (@daztayor)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    Ok thanks very much for the reply but I’m not sure this will work.
    The problem is the ‘page’ I’m displaying is actually unrelated in real terms to the taxonomy – herein lies my problem.
    I’m thinking I may be better trying to write a widget and attempting to bring in the term description items as if I was printing to a sidebar.
    Thanks again.

    Chinmoy

    (@chinmoy)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    try this kind of things

    $property_cat_list = get_the_term_list( $post->ID, 'speaker', 'Property Category(s): ', ', ', '' );

if ( '' != $property_cat_list ) {
$property_cat_text = "$property_cat_list
\n";

echo $property_cat_text ;
}

    Note: “speaker” is taxonomy

    or you can use

    $terms = get_the_terms($post->ID,'speaker');
foreach ($terms as $term) {
   echo "<p>$term->name  $term->description</p>";
}

    http://chinmoy29.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/creating-a-custom-taxonomy/

    vtxyzzy

    (@vtxyzzy)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    Maybe what you need is the get_terms() function. It will get all the terms for a given taxonomy.

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