WP_Term_Query::__construct( string|array $query =  )

Constructor.

Description

Sets up the term query, based on the query vars passed.

Parameters

$querystring|arrayoptional
Array or query string of term query parameters.
  • taxonomy string|string[]
    Taxonomy name, or array of taxonomy names, to which results should be limited.
  • object_ids int|int[]
    Object ID, or array of object IDs. Results will be limited to terms associated with these objects.
  • orderby string
    Field(s) to order terms by. Accepts:
    • Term fields ('name', 'slug', 'term_group', 'term_id', 'id', 'description', 'parent', 'term_order'). Unless $object_ids is not empty, 'term_order' is treated the same as 'term_id'.
    • 'count' to use the number of objects associated with the term.
    • 'include' to match the 'order' of the $include param.
    • 'slug__in' to match the 'order' of the $slug param.
    • 'meta_value'
    • 'meta_value_num'.
    • The value of $meta_key.
    • The array keys of $meta_query.
    • 'none' to omit the ORDER BY clause.
    Default 'name'.
  • order string
    Whether to order terms in ascending or descending order.
    Accepts 'ASC' (ascending) or 'DESC' (descending).
    Default 'ASC'.
  • hide_empty bool|int
    Whether to hide terms not assigned to any posts. Accepts 1|true or 0|false. Default 1|true.
  • include int[]|string
    Array or comma/space-separated string of term IDs to include.
    Default empty array.
  • exclude int[]|string
    Array or comma/space-separated string of term IDs to exclude.
    If $include is non-empty, $exclude is ignored.
    Default empty array.
  • exclude_tree int[]|string
    Array or comma/space-separated string of term IDs to exclude along with all of their descendant terms. If $include is non-empty, $exclude_tree is ignored. Default empty array.
  • number int|string
    Maximum number of terms to return. Accepts ''|0 (all) or any positive number. Default ''|0 (all). Note that $number may not return accurate results when coupled with $object_ids.
    See #41796 for details.
  • offset int
    The number by which to offset the terms query.
  • fields string
    Term fields to query for. Accepts:
    • 'all' Returns an array of complete term objects (WP_Term[]).
    • 'all_with_object_id' Returns an array of term objects with the 'object_id' param (WP_Term[]). Works only when the $object_ids parameter is populated.
    • 'ids' Returns an array of term IDs (int[]).
    • 'tt_ids' Returns an array of term taxonomy IDs (int[]).
    • 'names' Returns an array of term names (string[]).
    • 'slugs' Returns an array of term slugs (string[]).
    • 'count' Returns the number of matching terms (int).
    • 'id=>parent' Returns an associative array of parent term IDs, keyed by term ID (int[]).
    • 'id=>name' Returns an associative array of term names, keyed by term ID (string[]).
    • 'id=>slug' Returns an associative array of term slugs, keyed by term ID (string[]).
    Default 'all'.
  • count bool
    Whether to return a term count. If true, will take precedence over $fields. Default false.
  • name string|string[]
    Name or array of names to return term(s) for.
  • slug string|string[]
    Slug or array of slugs to return term(s) for.
  • term_taxonomy_id int|int[]
    Term taxonomy ID, or array of term taxonomy IDs, to match when querying terms.
  • hierarchical bool
    Whether to include terms that have non-empty descendants (even if $hide_empty is set to true). Default true.
  • search string
    Search criteria to match terms. Will be SQL-formatted with wildcards before and after.
  • name__like string
    Retrieve terms with criteria by which a term is LIKE $name__like.
  • description__like string
    Retrieve terms where the description is LIKE $description__like.
  • pad_counts bool
    Whether to pad the quantity of a term’s children in the quantity of each term’s "count" object variable. Default false.
  • get string
    Whether to return terms regardless of ancestry or whether the terms are empty. Accepts 'all' or '' (disabled). Default ''.
  • child_of int
    Term ID to retrieve child terms of. If multiple taxonomies are passed, $child_of is ignored. Default 0.
  • parent int
    Parent term ID to retrieve direct-child terms of.
  • childless bool
    True to limit results to terms that have no children.
    This parameter has no effect on non-hierarchical taxonomies.
    Default false.
  • cache_domain string
    Unique cache key to be produced when this query is stored in an object cache. Default 'core'.
  • cache_results bool
    Whether to cache term information. Default true.
  • update_term_meta_cache bool
    Whether to prime meta caches for matched terms. Default true.
  • meta_key string|string[]
    Meta key or keys to filter by.
  • meta_value string|string[]
    Meta value or values to filter by.
  • meta_compare string
    MySQL operator used for comparing the meta value.
    See WP_Meta_Query::__construct() for accepted values and default value.
  • meta_compare_key string
    MySQL operator used for comparing the meta key.
    See WP_Meta_Query::__construct() for accepted values and default value.
  • meta_type string
    MySQL data type that the meta_value column will be CAST to for comparisons.
    See WP_Meta_Query::__construct() for accepted values and default value.
  • meta_type_key string
    MySQL data type that the meta_key column will be CAST to for comparisons.
    See WP_Meta_Query::__construct() for accepted values and default value.
  • meta_query array
    An associative array of WP_Meta_Query arguments.
    See WP_Meta_Query::__construct() for accepted values.

Default:''

Source

public function __construct( $query = '' ) {
	$this->query_var_defaults = array(
		'taxonomy'               => null,
		'object_ids'             => null,
		'orderby'                => 'name',
		'order'                  => 'ASC',
		'hide_empty'             => true,
		'include'                => array(),
		'exclude'                => array(),
		'exclude_tree'           => array(),
		'number'                 => '',
		'offset'                 => '',
		'fields'                 => 'all',
		'count'                  => false,
		'name'                   => '',
		'slug'                   => '',
		'term_taxonomy_id'       => '',
		'hierarchical'           => true,
		'search'                 => '',
		'name__like'             => '',
		'description__like'      => '',
		'pad_counts'             => false,
		'get'                    => '',
		'child_of'               => 0,
		'parent'                 => '',
		'childless'              => false,
		'cache_domain'           => 'core',
		'cache_results'          => true,
		'update_term_meta_cache' => true,
		'meta_query'             => '',
		'meta_key'               => '',
		'meta_value'             => '',
		'meta_type'              => '',
		'meta_compare'           => '',
	);

	if ( ! empty( $query ) ) {
		$this->query( $query );
	}
}

Changelog

VersionDescription
6.4.0Introduced the 'cache_results' parameter.
5.3.0Introduced the 'meta_type_key' parameter.
5.1.0Introduced the 'meta_compare_key' parameter.
4.9.0Added 'slug__in' support for 'orderby'.
4.7.0Introduced 'object_ids' parameter.
4.6.0Introduced.
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User Contributed Notes

  1. Skip to note 4 content

    @jmarceli ,

    If we wanted to limit the query to specific term ids we would use the ‘include’ or ‘exclude’ parameters instead. ‘object_ids’ are useful for cases such as when we want to return terms associated with a set of posts. In such a case we might want to do the following in a taxonomy archive:

    $someposts = get_posts(
    	array(
    		'post_type' => 'custom_post_type',
    		'posts_per_page' => -1,
    		'fields' => 'ids', // return an array of ids
    		'tax_query' => array(
    			array(
    				'taxonomy' => get_query_var('taxonomy'),
    				'field' => 'slug',
    				'terms' => $term_slug = get_queried_object()->slug,
    			)
    		)
    	)
    );

    And then call this:

    $somepoststerms = get_terms(
    	array(
    		'taxonomy' => 'custom_tax',
    		'object_ids' => $someposts,
    	)
    );
  2. Skip to note 6 content

    'object_ids' query parameter should be replaced with an object name, example for get_terms:

    get_terms([
        'taxonomy' => 'some_name',
        'term_ids' => [12,13], // NOT 'object_ids' => [12,13]
        'fields' => 'names',
      ])

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