wp_create_term( string $tag_name, string $taxonomy = 'post_tag' ): array|WP_Error

Parameters

$tag_namestring

The term name.

$taxonomystringoptional

The taxonomy within which to create the term. Default 'post_tag'.Default: 'post_tag'

Return

array|WP_Error

Uses · 2

• term_exists()Determines whether a taxonomy term exists.
• wp_insert_term()Adds a new term to the database.

Used by · 1

• wp_create_tag()Adds a new tag to the database if it does not already exist.

Source

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309function wp_create_term( $tag_name, $taxonomy = 'post_tag' ) {310	$id = term_exists( $tag_name, $taxonomy );311	if ( $id ) {312		return $id;313	}314 315	return wp_insert_term( $tag_name, $taxonomy );316}

History

Introduced in 2.8.0. 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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