Creating Terms with or without Parent from Frontend in WordPress

Creating Terms with or without Parent from Frontend in WordPress

--Hook Name
create_terms

--PHP Hook

add_action( 'jet-form-builder/custom-action/create_terms', function( $request, $action_handler ) {

    $terms = explode(',', $request['terms']);
    $taxonomy = $request['tax']; // Replace with your actual taxonomy name

    foreach ($terms as $term) {
        // Check if the term already exists
        $existing_term = term_exists($term, $taxonomy);

        // If the term doesn't exist, create it
        if ($existing_term === 0 || $existing_term === null) {
            $args = [];

            // Check if the taxonomy is 'building-name-for-v2'
            if ($taxonomy === 'location') {
                $parent_id = $request['select_parent']; // Get parent ID from the request

                // Add the parent ID to the term arguments
                if (!empty($parent_id)) {
                    $args['parent'] = intval($parent_id);
                }
            }

            // Insert the term with the specified taxonomy and arguments
            wp_insert_term($term, $taxonomy, $args);
        }
    }

}, 10, 2 );