Help displaying only the primary taxonomy term in [wpv-post-taxonomy] shortcode

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Problem: I would like to use the wpv-post-taxonomy shortcode to output only the top-level term associated with a post.

Solution: The wpv-post-taxonomy shortcode isn't filterable like this, so you would have to use a View of taxonomy terms, set by the current post, where the parent term is "None".

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Tagged: Content Templates, Setting up custom taxonomy, Types plugin, Views, Views plugin, WordPress Archives

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Last updated by liatG 4 years, 9 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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June 15, 2019 at 8:10 pm #1269923

liatG

I am modifying my search results template. I would like to display only the primary taxonomy term in the [wpv-post-taxonomy] shortcode.

Here is my example: right now I have it set to display hidden link type="online-class" format="slug"].

If the post has more than one taxonomy term selected, the resulting url will be something like "hidden link, toe-up-socks, top-down socks."

Is there a way I can specify this shortcode to only display the primary taxonomy term? Something like [wpv-post-taxonomy type="online-class" format="slug" hierarchy="primary"]...?

Thanks!

June 16, 2019 at 3:31 pm #1270041

Christian Cox

Hi, no unfortunately you can't customize the output of the wpv-post-taxonomy shortcode like this. Instead, you could use a taxonomy View. Add a taxonomy parent filter where parent is "None", which will return only the top-level terms. Then add a taxonomy term filter "set by the current post", which will get the terms from the current post in the archive loop. In the View's Loop, you could output a link to the taxonomy term archive, or create a link using your own HTML. Insert the taxonomy View in the loop output of your search results archive.

June 25, 2019 at 5:17 pm #1276803

liatG

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!

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