custom post type query by taxonomy code example

Example 1: wp_query get by taxonomy

$the_query = new WP_Query( array(
    'post_type' => 'Adverts',
    'tax_query' => array(
        array (
            'taxonomy' => 'advert_tag',
            'field' => 'slug',
            'terms' => 'politics',
        )
    ),
) );

  // The Loop
    if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
        while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
          $the_query->the_post();
          the_title(); //show post title 
        }
    }

Example 2: custom post type with taxonomy

//hook into the init action and call create_book_taxonomies when it fires
add_action( 'init', 'create_topics_hierarchical_taxonomy', 0 );
 
//create a custom taxonomy name it topics for your posts
 
function create_topics_hierarchical_taxonomy() {
 
// Add new taxonomy, make it hierarchical like categories
//first do the translations part for GUI
 
  $labels = array(
    'name' => _x( 'Topics', 'taxonomy general name' ),
    'singular_name' => _x( 'Topic', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
    'search_items' =>  __( 'Search Topics' ),
    'all_items' => __( 'All Topics' ),
    'parent_item' => __( 'Parent Topic' ),
    'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Topic:' ),
    'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Topic' ), 
    'update_item' => __( 'Update Topic' ),
    'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Topic' ),
    'new_item_name' => __( 'New Topic Name' ),
    'menu_name' => __( 'Topics' ),
  );    
 
// Now register the taxonomy
 
  register_taxonomy('topics',array('post'), array(
    'hierarchical' => true,
    'labels' => $labels,
    'show_ui' => true,
    'show_admin_column' => true,
    'query_var' => true,
    'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'topic' ),
  ));
 
}

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