is_taxonomy_hierarchical( string $taxonomy ): bool

Description

Parameters

$taxonomystring

Name of taxonomy object.

Return

bool

Whether the taxonomy is hierarchical.

Uses · 2

• taxonomy_exists()Determines whether the taxonomy name exists.
• get_taxonomy()Retrieves the taxonomy object of $taxonomy.

Used by · 28

• WP_REST_Menus_Controller::create_item()Creates a single term in a taxonomy.
• WP_REST_Menus_Controller::update_item()Updates a single term from a taxonomy.
• WP_REST_Posts_Controller::get_available_actions()Gets the link relations available for the post and current user.
• WP_REST_Terms_Controller::create_item()Creates a single term in a taxonomy.
• WP_REST_Terms_Controller::create_item_permissions_check()Checks if a request has access to create a term.
• WP_REST_Terms_Controller::update_item()Updates a single term from a taxonomy.
• WP_Tax_Query::clean_query()Validates a single query.
• WP_Tax_Query::transform_query()Transforms a single query, from one field to another.
• WP_Term_Query::get_terms()Retrieves the query results.
• WP_Terms_List_Table::display_rows_or_placeholder()
• WP_Terms_List_Table::get_sortable_columns()
• WP_Terms_List_Table::prepare_items()

Source

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399function is_taxonomy_hierarchical( $taxonomy ) {400	if ( ! taxonomy_exists( $taxonomy ) ) {401		return false;402	}403 404	$taxonomy = get_taxonomy( $taxonomy );405	return $taxonomy->hierarchical;406}

History

Introduced in 2.3.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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