{"id":4201,"date":"2022-08-21T22:39:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T17:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-is-there-a-difference-between-taxonomies-and-categories\/"},"modified":"2022-08-21T22:39:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T17:09:24","slug":"solved-is-there-a-difference-between-taxonomies-and-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-is-there-a-difference-between-taxonomies-and-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Is There a Difference Between Taxonomies and Categories?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-158223\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"158223\" data-parentid=\"158206\" data-score=\"68\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Taxonomies, as previously described are a collective noun for the following<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><code>category<\/code><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><code>post_tag<\/code><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><code>post_format<\/code><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><code>link_category<\/code><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>custom taxonomy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first four are built-in taxonomies, while custom taxonomies are taxonomies that are manually created by the user with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Function_Reference\/register_taxonomy\"><code>register_taxonomy<\/code><\/a>. Custom Taxonomies can be hierarchical (like the build-in taxonomy <code>category<\/code>) or not (like post tags)<\/p>\n<p>The categories and tags that you create in the back end under the &#8216;Posts&#8217; screen are in actual fact terms of the taxonomies <code>category<\/code> and <code>post_tag<\/code><\/p>\n<p>You cannot create extra terms in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Post_Formats\"><code>post_format<\/code><\/a>. <code>post_format<\/code> has built-in terms like <code>post_format_video<\/code>, <code>post_format_gallery<\/code> etc. See the codex for all post formats included<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Solved-Is-There-a-Difference-Between-Taxonomies-and-Categories.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Solved-Is-There-a-Difference-Between-Taxonomies-and-Categories.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>EDIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have updated the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Taxonomies\">Taxonomies<\/a> page in the codex to include my diagram and the missing <code>post_format<\/code> taxonomy<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">5<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Is There a Difference Between Taxonomies and Categories? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Taxonomies, as previously described are a collective noun for the following category post_tag post_format link_category custom taxonomy The first four are built-in taxonomies, while custom taxonomies are taxonomies that are manually created by the user with register_taxonomy. 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