has_term()WP 3.1.0

Check if the current post has any of given terms.

The given terms are checked against the post's terms' term_ids, names and slugs. Terms given as integers will only be checked against the post's terms' term_ids.

If no terms are given, determines if post has any terms.

1 time — 0.003337 sec (very slow) | 50000 times — 0.82 sec (very fast) | PHP 7.1.5, WP 4.8.1

No Hooks.

Return

true|false. True if the current post has any of the given terms (or any term, if no term specified). False otherwise.

Usage

has_term( $term, $taxonomy, $post );
$term(string|int|array)
The term name/term_id/slug, or an array of them to check for.
Default: ''
$taxonomy(string)
Taxonomy name.
Default: ''
$post(int|WP_Post)
Post to check.
Default: current post

Examples

0

#1 Let's check if the current post has any terms in the 'video' taxonomy:

if( has_term( '', 'video' ) ){
	echo "The post has terms in the `video` taxonomy";
}
0

#2 To properly understand the previous example, it can be written like this:

if( has_term( '', 'post_tag' ) ){
	echo "The current post has tags";
}

So, we'll just check if the current post has the regular tags that WordPress uses by default (the terms in the post_tag taxonomy). You can replace this example with the conditional tag if( has_tags() ).

0

#3 Let's check if the current post has a term triller, which is in the taxonomy video:

if( has_term( 'triller', 'video' ) ){
	echo "The post has the term `triller` in the `video` taxonomy";
}
0

#4 Checking for multiple terms

Check whether post 59 is in the terms comedy or history, which belong to the taxonomy video:

if( has_term( ['comedy','history'], 'video', 59 ) ){
	echo "The post with ID=59 has the terms `comedy` or `history` in the `video` taxonomy";
}

Changelog

Since 3.1.0 Introduced.

has_term() code WP 6.4.3

function has_term( $term = '', $taxonomy = '', $post = null ) {
	$post = get_post( $post );

	if ( ! $post ) {
		return false;
	}

	$r = is_object_in_term( $post->ID, $taxonomy, $term );
	if ( is_wp_error( $r ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	return $r;
}