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Taxonomy Metadata

Infrastructure plugin which implements metadata functionality for taxonomy terms, including for tags and categories.

By mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)·API·Free
4.6(9 reviews)
·5.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years ago
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As of April 2026, Taxonomy Metadata is a WordPress api plugin with 5.0K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 225K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: WP Consent API.

4.6/59 reviews
5.0K+active installs
225K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010

Overview

This plugin implements the metadata infrastructure for taxonomy terms, so you can add custom metadata (by key) to tags, categories, and other taxonomies. The majority of the code is from sirzooro’s submission to the WordPress Core Trac. The rest of the plugin is simply some hacky glue to make this work without modifying the Core. It does not implement any UI for taxonomy term metadata.

The plugin implements the following functions, from which you can build your own custom UI and display code:

add_term_meta($term_id, $meta_key, $meta_value, $unique): Add meta data field to a term.
  • @param int $term_id Post ID.
  • @param string $key Metadata name.
  • @param mixed $value Metadata value.
  • @param bool $unique Optional, default is false. Whether the same key should not be added.
  • @return bool F…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.69 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Saved a lot of time
by maximeal10·9 years ago

Saved a lot of time,
Thanks You, guys =3

Perfect
by Sonicelo·10 years ago·1 reply

Works as advertised.

I could not install it
by Mehmet Gurdogan·10 years ago

Hello; I could not install the plugin neither through WP interface nor by uploading it on the site.
I already have it on my server.

Is there any other way?

Caused a Fatal Error in the Cart
by shirlnbruce·11 years ago·1 reply

This tested out to be the problem with Cart deletes on my tablet. Can’t use it on theme Flatsome.

perfect plugin
by Timur Kamaev·11 years ago

perfect plugin

Download Trends

Today: 10Yesterday: 15This week: 53Period total: 2K

Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.3.34
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v0.5
91.7%
v0.4
7.9%
v0.3
0.4%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.4

  • Fixed an issue with creating new sites on multisite
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Daniel Fru?y?ski (sirzooro)Daniel Fru?y?ski (sirzooro)mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)
Plugin Info
Version
0.5
Last Updated
Nov 28, 2017
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
4.3.34
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
5.0K+
Downloads
225K+
Added
Mar 11, 2010
Business
Free

Tags

apimetadatataxonomyinfrastructure

Developer

M
mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)
14 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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