Is it possible to sort taxonomy with the a custom term field?

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Tagged: Setting up custom taxonomy, Types plugin, Views plugin

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Last updated by Christian Cox 4 years, 11 months ago.

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January 9, 2020 at 7:16 pm #1449385

calgaryA

I'm trying to populate a list of custom taxonomies using get_terms(). Wondering if it's possible to sort by a custom term field. I've created a custom term field ('number') and named it 'category-order'.

January 9, 2020 at 8:56 pm #1449595

Christian Cox

Hi, in Views, you can create sorted lists of terms without using any PHP. On the other hand, if you're using basic WordPress get_term to query terms, you should be able to find more information about ordering by custom field here in the WordPress documentation:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_term_query/__construct/
An example I found online: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/246975/order-get-terms-by-term-meta

Note that custom fields created in Types have a "wpcf-" prefix in the database, so if your Types term field slug in wp-admin is "email" then the term field slug in the database is actually "wpcf-email".

Let me know if you have additional questions about this.