Retrieves a list of registered taxonomy names or objects.

$args array Optional

An array of key => value arguments to match against the taxonomy objects.

Default: array()

$output string Optional

The type of output to return in the array. Accepts either taxonomy 'names' or 'objects'. Default 'names'.

Default: 'names'

$operator string Optional

The logical operation to perform. Accepts 'and' or 'or'. 'or' means only one element from the array needs to match; 'and' means all elements must match.
Default 'and'.

Default: 'and'

string[]|WP_Taxonomy[] An array of taxonomy names or objects.

Parameter $args is an array of key -> value arguments to match against the taxonomies. Only taxonomies having attributes that match all arguments are returned.

• name
• object_type (array)
• label
• singular_label
• show_ui
• show_tagcloud
• show_in_rest
• public
• update_count_callback
• rewrite
• query_var
• manage_cap
• edit_cap
• delete_cap
• assign_cap
• _builtin

Returned value is an array, a list of taxonomy names or objects. If returning names, you will get an array of the taxonomy names such as

Array ( [special_taxonomy] => special_taxonomy [custom_taxonomy] => custom_taxonomy )

If returning objects, you will get an array of objects such as:

Array ( [special_taxonomy] => stdClass Object  [custom_taxonomy] => stdClass Object  )

wherein each object will contain the following fields:

stdClass Object ( 
[hierarchical] => 
[update_count_callback] =>  
[rewrite] => 
[query_var] => 
[public] => 
[show_ui] => 
[show_tagcloud] => 
[_builtin] => 
[labels] => stdClass Object ( 
	[name] =>  
	[singular_name] =>
	[search_items] => 
	[popular_items] => 
	[all_items] => 
	[parent_item] => 
	[parent_item_colon] =>  
	[edit_item] => 
	[view_item] =>  
	[update_item] => 
	[add_new_item] => 
	[new_item_name] => 
	[separate_items_with_commas] => 
	[add_or_remove_items] => 
	[choose_from_most_used] => 
	[menu_name] =>  
	[name_admin_bar] =>  ) 
[show_in_nav_menus] => 
[cap] => stdClass Object ( 
	[manage_terms] =>  
	[edit_terms] =>  
	[delete_terms] =>  
	[assign_terms] =>  ) 
[name] =>  
[object_type] => Array () 
[label]  )

File: wp-includes/taxonomy.php. View all references

function get_taxonomies( $args = array(), $output = 'names', $operator = 'and' ) {
	global $wp_taxonomies;

	$field = ( 'names' === $output ) ? 'name' : false;

	return wp_filter_object_list( $wp_taxonomies, $args, $operator, $field );
}