How to display Custom Taxonomies in Post Meta using Neve PRO?
π Note: This feature is part of Neve PRO Addon, which you can purchase here.
In WordPress, taxonomies are a way to organize and categorize the content. While WordPress provides built-in taxonomies like categories and tags, you can also create custom taxonomies to better structure your content. This document will guide you through the process of creating a custom taxonomy using a Custom Post Type (CPT) plugin in WordPress.
π Tools Needed:
- Neve theme - download and install
- Neve PRO Addon - download and install
- CPT UI plugin - this is our choice, but you can use other similar plugins as well (e.g. Pods, ACF)
Install and Activate CPT UI Plugin |
Create a Custom Taxonomy |
Populate the Custom Taxonomy |
Display Custom Taxonomy Terms |
π§° Install and Activate CPT UI Plugin
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Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard.
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Navigate to Plugins > Add New.
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In the search bar, enter the name of the CPT UI plugin.
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Install and activate the plugin.
𧩠Create a Custom Taxonomy
In the following steps, we will explain how to create a custom taxonomy called Ingredients, where we will add corresponding ingredients for our recipes (posts).
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In your WordPress dashboard, go to CPT UI.
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Click on Add/Edit Taxonomies.
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Fill in the details for your custom taxonomy:
- Plural Label: Ingredients
- Singular Label: Ingredient
- Slug: ingredient
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Check Posts (WP Core) to associate this taxonomy with regular blog posts.
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Click the Add Taxonomy button to create your Ingredients custom taxonomy.
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Repeat the above steps for as many taxonomies as you need.
π Populate the Custom Taxonomy
Now that you have created the custom taxonomy for ingredients, you can add ingredients to your posts:
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Edit an existing recipe post or create a new one.
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In the post editor, look for the Ingredients accordion.
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Enter an ingredient name, and WordPress will provide suggestions from the custom taxonomy.
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Select the ingredient from the suggestions or type a new ingredient name if it doesn't exist.
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Continue adding all the ingredients for your recipe, separating each ingredient with commas.
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Update or publish the recipe to save your changes.
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Navigate to Neve > Customize > Blog.
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Open the Single Post panel.
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Under Post Meta, click on Add Item.
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Inside the Type accordion, select Custom Taxonomy.
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Inside the Name, insert the custom taxonomy's slug (e.g. ingredient).
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Optionally, edit the Format of the meta to be more suggestive (e.g. Ingredients:).
π Note: You can see the available ingredients in . It's also an alternative for adding ingredients, apart from directly typing them, as we did above. WP Dashboard > Posts > Ingredients
π· Display Custom Taxonomy Terms
To display the custom taxonomy terms (ingredients), we will use the in-build Neve Pro feature.