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Wordpress: Taxonomy default schema
<?php
//hook into the init action and call create_book_taxonomies when it fires
add_action( 'init', 'create_book_taxonomies', 0 );
//create two taxonomies, genres and writers for the post type "book"
function create_book_taxonomies()
{
// Add new taxonomy, make it hierarchical (like categories)
$labels = array(
'name' => _x( 'Genres', 'taxonomy general name' ),
'singular_name' => _x( 'Genre', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Genres' ),
'all_items' => __( 'All Genres' ),
'parent_item' => __( 'Parent Genre' ),
'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Genre:' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Genre' ),
'update_item' => __( 'Update Genre' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Genre' ),
'new_item_name' => __( 'New Genre Name' ),
'menu_name' => __( 'Genre' )
);
$args = array(
'hierarchical' => true,
'labels' => $labels,
'show_ui' => true,
'show_admin_column' => true,
'query_var' => true,
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'genre' )
);
register_taxonomy( 'genre', array( 'book' ), $args );
// Add new taxonomy, NOT hierarchical (like tags)
$labels = array(
'name' => _x( 'Writers', 'taxonomy general name' ),
'singular_name' => _x( 'Writer', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Writers' ),
'popular_items' => __( 'Popular Writers' ),
'all_items' => __( 'All Writers' ),
'parent_item' => null,
'parent_item_colon' => null,
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Writer' ),
'update_item' => __( 'Update Writer' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Writer' ),
'new_item_name' => __( 'New Writer Name' ),
'separate_items_with_commas' => __( 'Separate writers with commas' ),
'add_or_remove_items' => __( 'Add or remove writers' ),
'choose_from_most_used' => __( 'Choose from the most used writers' ),
'not_found' => __( 'No writers found.' ),
'menu_name' => __( 'Writers' )
);
$args = array(
'hierarchical' => false,
'labels' => $labels,
'show_ui' => true,
'show_admin_column' => true,
'update_count_callback' => '_update_post_term_count',
'query_var' => true,
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'writer' )
);
register_taxonomy( 'writer', 'book', $args );
}
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