Title: get_term_meta
Published: December 9, 2015
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# get_term_meta( int $term_id, string $key, bool $single = false ): mixed

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/?output_format=md#changelog)
 * [User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)

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Retrieves metadata for a term.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$term_id`intrequired

Term ID.

`$key`stringoptional

The meta key to retrieve. By default, returns data for all keys. Default empty.

`$single`booloptional

Whether to return a single value.
 This parameter has no effect if `$key` is not
specified.

Default:`false`

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 mixed An array of values if `$single` is false.
 The value of the meta field if`
$single` is true. False for an invalid `$term_id` (non-numeric, zero, or negative
value). An empty array if a valid but non-existing term ID is passed and `$single`
is false. An empty string if a valid but non-existing term ID is passed and `$single`
is true. Note: Non-serialized values are returned as strings:

 * false values are returned as empty strings (`''`)
 * true values are returned as `'1'`
 * numbers are returned as strings Arrays and objects retain their original type.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function get_term_meta( $term_id, $key = '', $single = false ) {
    	return get_metadata( 'term', $term_id, $key, $single );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/taxonomy.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php#L1451)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php#L1451-L1453)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [get_metadata()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_metadata/)`wp-includes/meta.php` |

Retrieves the value of a metadata field for the specified object type and ID.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.4.0/) | Introduced. |

## 󠀁[User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)󠁿

 1.   [Skip to note 3 content](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/?output_format=md#comment-content-2310)
 2.    [Adil Elsaeed](https://profiles.wordpress.org/adil-elsaeed/)  [  9 years ago  ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/#comment-2310)
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 4.      ```php
         // Usage in archive or category (taxonomy) template
         $term_image = get_term_meta( get_queried_object_id(), '_myprefix_term_image', true);
         ```
     
 5.   * [get_queried_object_id()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_queried_object_id/)
        were good touch, save me a lot of search.
      * [salem80](https://profiles.wordpress.org/salem80/) [2 years ago](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/#comment-6858)
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 7.   [Skip to note 4 content](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/?output_format=md#comment-content-2128)
 8.    [Daniyal Ahmed (a11n)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/daniyalahmedk/)  [  9 years ago  ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_term_meta/#comment-2128)
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 10.     ```php
         $term_vals = get_term_meta($term_id);
         foreach($term_vals as $key=>$val){
         	echo $key . ' : ' . $val[0] . '<br/>';
         }
         ```
     
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