edit_terms – Hook | Developer.WordPress.org

Fires immediately before the given terms are edited.

Parameters

$term_idint

Term ID.

$taxonomystring

Taxonomy slug.

$argsarray

Arguments passed to wp_update_term() .

More Arguments from wp_update_term( … $args )

Array of arguments for updating a term.

alias_of string
Slug of the term to make this term an alias of.
Default empty string. Accepts a term slug.
description string
The term description. Default empty string.
parent int
The id of the parent term. Default 0.
slug string
The term slug to use. Default empty string.

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The edit_terms action is used to hook into code before a term is updated in the database.

A plugin (or theme) can register an action hook from the example below.

Source

do_action( 'edit_terms', $term_id, $taxonomy, $args );

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Used by	Description
wp_update_term()`wp-includes/taxonomy.php`	Updates term based on arguments provided.
wp_insert_term()`wp-includes/taxonomy.php`	Adds a new term to the database.

Changelog

Version	Description
6.1.0	The `$args` parameter was added.
2.9.0	Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

Collins Mbaka 5 years ago

An example

add_action( 'edit_terms', 'do_something_or_stop_update', 10, 2 ); 

function do_something_or_stop_update( $term_id, $taxonomy ){
    //do something before update OR
    //redirect back to the edit page to disable updates (remember to exit)
}

do_action( ‘edit_terms’, int $term_id, string $taxonomy, array $args )

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do_action( ‘edit_terms’, int $term_id, string $taxonomy, array $args )

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