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jonedwards

Hi there

I have a custom post type, "entrepreneurs", with a custom taxonomy, "sectors" attached to it. Here is the code (http://codepad.org/ceQH4a6a) for my custom post type registrations.

Things you might need to know:

"Entrepreneurs" are heirachical, like pages.
"Sectors" are like the categories for the post type

What I want to do...

In both my archive and single views, I would like to display the assigned sector name for the post below the title - in the same way that you would in, say, a blog article, using "the_category" or something similar. Like so:

&lt;?php the_category('', '', $post_id) ?&gt;

The full block of code can be found here (http://codepad.org/ub3c9N9P).

I want the H4 to output the custom taxonomy, without a link - resulting in the following layout (http://db.tt/xiL3w0ty). The grey text below the title is sector taxonomy.

I've tried a number of solutions found on various forums and resources, but none are working for me. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Robskiwarrior

you are in the right area - but just think of the_category as the default function for the taxonomy "Categories"

What you need to do is use the terms functions, where you specify the taxonomy you want to use

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_terms
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_post_terms

Check the bottom of the pages for more functions too.

jonedwards

Thanks for the nudge in the right direction, Rob.

I used the following:

&lt;h4&gt;&lt;?php $terms = get_terms("sectors"); $count = count($terms); if ( $count &gt; 0 ){ foreach ( $terms as $term ) { echo $term-&gt;name; } } ?&gt; Sector&lt;/h4&gt;

It seems to work.

As this is a "client" website, and they usually screw everything up when editing, I'd prefer to be able to limit the number of terms outputted to 1. Any help..?

Brightonmike

I use the following to display a term without a link. Not sure how to limit but should be easy enough.

AFAIK, this is the correct code to use. Yours looks kinda bloated.

<?php
$terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID , 'taxonomyname' );
foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
echo $term->name;
}
					?>

jonedwards

Hey Mike,

Thanks for sharing that. Always good to trim the fat... It worked.

Cheers.

Robskiwarrior

Awesome :-)

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