Infrastructure plugin which implements metadata functionality for taxonomy terms, including for tags and categories.
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.
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.
@return bool F…
Saved a lot of time,
Thanks You, guys =3
Works as advertised.
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?
This tested out to be the problem with Cart deletes on my tablet. Can’t use it on theme Flatsome.
perfect plugin
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.3.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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