get_taxonomies( array $args = array(), string $output = 'names', string $operator = 'and' ): string[]|WP_Taxonomy[]

Retrieves a list of registered taxonomy names or objects.

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Parameters

$args array Optional
An array of key => value arguments to match against the taxonomy objects.

Default: array()

$output string Optional
The type of output to return in the array. Accepts either taxonomy 'names' or 'objects'. Default 'names'.

Default: 'names'

$operator string Optional
The logical operation to perform. Accepts 'and' or 'or'. 'or' means only one element from the array needs to match; 'and' means all elements must match.
Default 'and'.

Default: 'and'

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Return

string[]|WP_Taxonomy[] An array of taxonomy names or objects.

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More Information

Parameter $args is an array of key -> value arguments to match against the taxonomies. Only taxonomies having attributes that match all arguments are returned.

  • name
  • object_type (array)
  • label
  • singular_label
  • show_ui
  • show_tagcloud
  • show_in_rest
  • public
  • update_count_callback
  • rewrite
  • query_var
  • manage_cap
  • edit_cap
  • delete_cap
  • assign_cap
  • _builtin

Returned value is an array, a list of taxonomy names or objects. If returning names, you will get an array of the taxonomy names such as

Array ( [special_taxonomy] => special_taxonomy [custom_taxonomy] => custom_taxonomy )

If returning objects, you will get an array of objects such as:

Array ( [special_taxonomy] => stdClass Object  [custom_taxonomy] => stdClass Object  )

wherein each object will contain the following fields:

stdClass Object ( 
[hierarchical] => 
[update_count_callback] =>  
[rewrite] => 
[query_var] => 
[public] => 
[show_ui] => 
[show_tagcloud] => 
[_builtin] => 
[labels] => stdClass Object ( 
	[name] =>  
	[singular_name] =>
	[search_items] => 
	[popular_items] => 
	[all_items] => 
	[parent_item] => 
	[parent_item_colon] =>  
	[edit_item] => 
	[view_item] =>  
	[update_item] => 
	[add_new_item] => 
	[new_item_name] => 
	[separate_items_with_commas] => 
	[add_or_remove_items] => 
	[choose_from_most_used] => 
	[menu_name] =>  
	[name_admin_bar] =>  ) 
[show_in_nav_menus] => 
[cap] => stdClass Object ( 
	[manage_terms] =>  
	[edit_terms] =>  
	[delete_terms] =>  
	[assign_terms] =>  ) 
[name] =>  
[object_type] => Array () 
[label]  )

 

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Source

File: wp-includes/taxonomy.php. View all references 

function get_taxonomies( $args = array(), $output = 'names', $operator = 'and' ) {
	global $wp_taxonomies;

	$field = ( 'names' === $output ) ? 'name' : false;

	return wp_filter_object_list( $wp_taxonomies, $args, $operator, $field );
}

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Builds a unified template object based a post Object.
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Constructor.
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Returns all public, registered taxonomies.
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Registers default REST API routes.
WP_REST_Taxonomies_Controller::get_items_permissions_check() wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-taxonomies-controller.php

Checks whether a given request has permission to read taxonomies.
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Retrieves all public taxonomies.
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Creates meta boxes for any taxonomy menu item.
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Parses the request to find the correct WordPress query.
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Parses various taxonomy related query vars.
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Outputs the Tag Cloud widget settings form.
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Retrieves all taxonomies.
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Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
3.0.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

  1. Skip to note 1 content
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    Contributed by hearvox —

    Display a list of only public custom taxonomies — will not list include WordPress built-in taxonomies (e.g., categories and tags):

    <?php 
$args = array(
  'public'   => true,
  '_builtin' => false
  
); 
$output = 'names'; // or objects
$operator = 'and'; // 'and' or 'or'
$taxonomies = get_taxonomies( $args, $output, $operator ); 
if ( $taxonomies ) {
	echo '<ul>';
	foreach ( $taxonomies  as $taxonomy ) {
		echo '<li>' . $taxonomy . '</li>';
	}
	echo '</ul>';	
}
?>
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    Contributed by Ulrich —

    When querying the taxonomies with a specific post type like “posts” in this case, only the taxonomies connected only with this post type will be shown. If a taxonomy is attached to multiple post types it will not be listed. Core Trac Ticket 27918

    <?php 
$args = array(
	'name' => array(
		'post',
	),
);
$taxonomies = get_taxonomies( $args );

    The alternative is to use get_object_taxonomies().

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    Contributed by hearvox —

    Display the plural name of a specific taxonomy (and setting the output to be 'object' rather than the default 'array‘):

    <?php 
$args = array(
	'name' => 'genre'
);
$output = 'objects'; // or names
$taxonomies= get_taxonomies( $args, $output ); 
if ( $taxonomies ) {
	foreach ( $taxonomies as $taxonomy ) {
		echo '<div>' . $taxonomy->labels->name . '</div>';
	}
}  
?>
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    Contributed by samjco —

    This can be used in certain use cases as if you need to find the taxonomy from a term slug

                    // We want to find the Taxonomy to this slug.
                $term_slug = 'myterm';
                $taxonomies = get_taxonomies();
                foreach ( $taxonomies as $tax_type_key => $taxonomy ) {
                    // If term object is returned, break out of loop. (Returns false if there's no object)
                    if ( $term_object = get_term_by( 'slug', $term_slug , $taxonomy ) ) {
                        break;
                    }
                }
				//Get the taxonomy!!
                echo $term_object->taxonomy . '<br>';

				// You can also retrieve other thing of the term:
                echo $term_object->name . '<br>'; //term name
                echo $term_object->term_id . '<br>'; // term id
                echo $term_object->description . '<br>'; // term description

				// See all options by dumping the $term_object:
				//var_dump( $term_object );
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    Contributed by Jamsheer Acowebs —

    get_taxonomies fails when we have to retrieve taxonomies which have multiple post types mapped.

    <?php
register_taxonomy( 'area', array( 'profile', 'resource', 'demand' ), $args );

$taxonomies = get_taxonomies( 'object_type' => array( 'demand' ), $output, $operator ); 
?>

    This will return empty array

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    Contributed by shewa12 —

    Get only public taxonomies by post type that are displayed on the admin nav menu

        $args       = array(
        'object_type' => array( 'post' ),
        'public'      => true,
        'show_ui'     => true,
    );
    $taxonomies = get_taxonomies( $args, 'object' );
    $response   = array();
    foreach ( $taxonomies as $taxonomy ) {
        array_push(
            $response,
            array(
                'name'  => $taxonomy->name,
                'label' => $taxonomy->label,
            )
        );
    }

    print_r( $response );

    The typical response will look like this:

    [
    {
        "name": "category",
        "label": "Categories"
    },
    {
        "name": "post_tag",
        "label": "Tags"
    }
]

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