get_terms WP_Error Object ( [errors] => Array ( [invalid_taxonomy] => Array ( [0] => Invalid taxonomy. ) ) [error_data] => Array ( ) )

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How to solve WP_Error Object for get_terms function ? I registered custom taxonomy tax_alone_event at the coustom-post-type.php file. and include at the functions.php file. Here is my code

function get__terms_list() {
  $terms = get_terms('tax_alone_event');
  return $terms ;

} //End get_terms_list()..

print_r(get__terms_list());

And I register custom post and custom taxonomy code at coustom-post-type.php file

function Alone_setup_post_type_project() {
    // event custom post and tax 
    $alone_event_args = array(
        'labels'             => array(
            'name'               => _x( 'Event', 'post type general name', 'alonefoundation' ),
             'add_new'            => _x( 'Add New', 'Event', 'alonefoundation' ),
             'add_new_item'       => __( 'Add New Event', 'alonefoundation' ),
             'new_item'           => __( 'New Event', 'alonefoundation' ),
             'edit_item'          => __( 'Edit Event', 'alonefoundation' ),
             'view_item'          => __( 'View Event', 'alonefoundation' ),
             'all_items'          => __( 'All Event', 'alonefoundation' ),
        ),
        'description'        => __( 'Description.', 'alonefoundation' ),
        'public'             => true,
        'publicly_queryable' => true,
        'show_ui'            => true,
        'show_in_menu'       => true,
        'query_var'          => true,
        'rewrite'            => array( 'slug' => 'event' ),
        'capability_type'    => 'post',
        'has_archive'        => true,
        'hierarchical'       => true,
        'taxonomies'            => array('tax_alone_event'),
        'menu_position'      => null,
        'supports'           => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail')
    );
    register_post_type( 'alone-event', $alone_event_args );
    $alone_event_tax = array(
        'label' => __( 'Category' ),
        'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'event_tax' ),
        'hierarchical' => true,
    ) ;
    register_taxonomy( 'tax_alone_event', array('alone-event'), $alone_event_tax );
}

add_action( 'init', 'Alone_setup_post_type_project');

Gufran Hasan · Answer 1 · 2018-07-28T07:23:36.020

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The get_terms() function will only show the default WordPress taxonomies unless you hook it to init.

function get__terms_list() {
  $terms = get_terms('tax_alone_event',array(
    'hide_empty' => false
 ));
  print_r($terms);
} //End get_terms_list()..

//print_r(get__terms_list());

add_action('init','get__terms_list');

Output:

Array ( 
[0] => WP_Term Object ( 
[term_id] => 28 
[name] => Custom Taxonomy 
[slug] => custom-taxonomy 
[term_group] => 0 
[term_taxonomy_id] => 28 
[taxonomy] => tax_alone_event 
[description] => 
[parent] => 0 
[count] => 0 
[filter] => raw )
 )

edited Jul 28 '18 at 07:23

answered Jul 28 '18 at 07:13

Gufran Hasan

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Still the same error – Mamunur Rashid Jul 28 '18 at 07:16
I just have run this code on my local machine. It working fine. – Gufran Hasan Jul 28 '18 at 07:17
@MamunurRashid, As I understood, you are trying to get all categories lists right? – Gufran Hasan Jul 28 '18 at 07:18
@MamunurRashid, Did you include `coustom-post-type.php` file in functions.php file? – Gufran Hasan Jul 28 '18 at 07:20
yes I include `coustom-post-type.php` file in `functions.php` file.. I am trying to get all categories/taxonomy for specific custom post `alone_event` – Mamunur Rashid Jul 28 '18 at 07:32
Please see this solution. Hope it will work for you. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25563809/wordpress-get-taxonomy-list-of-custom-post-type – Gufran Hasan Jul 28 '18 at 07:40

Outsource WordPress · Answer 2 · 2019-12-17T11:04:34.007

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You should pass taxonomies via the 'taxonomy' argument in the $args array from 4.5.0 - https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_terms/.

function get__terms_list() {
    $terms = get_terms( array( 'taxonomy' => 'tax_alone_event' ) );
    return $terms ;
}

print_r(get__terms_list());

edited Dec 17 '19 at 11:04

answered Jul 28 '18 at 06:50

Outsource WordPress

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thank you for your comment . – Mamunur Rashid Jul 28 '18 at 06:56
still the same problem – Mamunur Rashid Jul 28 '18 at 06:56
see this screenshot => http://prntscr.com/kc18hy – Mamunur Rashid Jul 28 '18 at 06:57
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This might help - https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/29150/why-is-my-working-custom-taxonomy-not-in-get-taxonomies-array. – Outsource WordPress Jul 28 '18 at 07:39
Also you should call taxonomy registration function in separate `init` function. – Outsource WordPress Jul 28 '18 at 07:48

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 28 '18 at 07:19

You can get rid of errors in two ways

don't use init hook, directly call Alone_setup_post_type_project();
use get_terms function also with init hook

because what you are doing is that using get_terms function before wordpress has registered your post type and taxonomy with the system and thus unable to find it.

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 28 '18 at 08:00

I copied your code to myself and it works well.
In which file do you have this part?

function get__terms_list() {
  $terms = get_terms('tax_alone_event');
  return $terms ;

} //End get_terms_list()..

print_r(get__terms_list());

print_r(get__terms_list()); should be in file like page.php, footer.php, etc.

Put print_r(get_taxonomies()); before print_r(get__terms_list()); to see if your taxonomy is registered.

get_terms WP_Error Object ( [errors] => Array ( [invalid_taxonomy] => Array ( [0] => Invalid taxonomy. ) ) [error_data] => Array ( ) )

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