Custom Taxonomy (non hierarchical) e.g tags

Okay, I’m giving you the solution.

[php]
function wpufe_render_bus_tags( $form_id, $post_id, $form_settings ) {
$value = ”;

if ( $post_id ) {
$post_tags = wp_get_post_terms( $post_id, ‘business_tags’ );
$tagsarray = array();
foreach ($post_tags as $tag) {
$tagsarray[] = $tag->name;
}

$value = implode( ‘, ‘, $tagsarray );
}
?>
<div class="wpuf-label">Business Tags</div>
<div class="wpuf-fields">
<input type="text" name="business_tags" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $value ); ?>" size="40">
</div>
<?php
}

add_action( ‘wpufe_bus_tags’, ‘wpufe_render_bus_tags’, 10, 3 );

function wpufe_inesrt_business_tags( $post_id ) {
if ( isset( $_POST[‘business_tags’] ) ) {
$tags = explode( ‘,’, $_POST[‘business_tags’] );
wp_set_post_terms( $post_id, $tags, ‘business_tags’ );
}
}

add_action( ‘wpuf_add_post_after_insert’, ‘wpufe_inesrt_business_tags’ );
add_action( ‘wpuf_edit_post_after_update’, ‘wpufe_inesrt_business_tags’ );
[/php]

This code adds a input field named Business Tags. You’ve to create a action hook field and give the label wpufe_bus_tags and paste this code to your themes functions.php. Now you’ll see a input field just like tags and you can input your business_tags taxonomy.

Thanks Tareq I will try it out

Thanks it is working great

I also needed this feature and used the code you suggested. How would I make this action hook a required element in the form? I want to require the user to fill it out.

Thanks,
Nathan

This solution works great. How can I make the custom taxonomy form field required?

The plugin now already supports non hierarchical taxonomy, so you don’t need this modification.

I’m using this action hook to allow users to add “custom” taxonomy tags such as genre, artist, year, etc. The hook works perfectly. I just want to know how I can make the form field a required value.

If you change the Type to Text Input, users can input taxonomy.

Although, you can add attributes to your input data-required="required" and required="required" to make it required. Also data-type="text" for text input.

Hey Tareg,
it also works for me, BUT: when I fill in the custom taxonomy tags in the WP backend, I get suggestions of already existing tags. For example I’m using a custom taxonomy “filmmaker”. If I type the first letters “St”, it shows me the tags, that already exist e.g. “Steven Spielberg”. However this doesn’t seem to be working in the front end form. Is there a way to make this work? That’d be fantastic! 🙂

Auto completion doesn’t yet work in the frontend. But the feature will come eventually in the future 🙂

Thanks Tareq for your super fast answer!