Updates the term (taxonomy element) using the specified data.
Before update the term data this function takes the original data from DB and updates it with passed data. Any new field specified in $args will override old one.
All fields specified in $args will be overwritten in the database. So check the updated data carefully to make sure you didn't change anything unnecessary.
Array containing the term_id and term_taxonomy_id.
WP_Error object if some errors occur: not unique slug passed.
Usage
wp_update_term( $term_id, $taxonomy, $args );
$term_id(int) (required)
The ID of the term you want to update.
$taxonomy(string) (required)
The name of the taxonomy to which the term belongs. For example: category, post_tag.
$args(array|string)
Array or string (in form of query args) of new term fields.
name(string)
New term name. Default: ''
slug(string)
New term slug.
If you don't pass any slug, then a unique one will be created. The 'name' argument will be used to create it.
If you set 'slug' and it isn't unique, then a WP_Error is returned.
Default: ''
description(string)
The term description. Default: ''
parent(int)
The id of the parent term. Default: 0
alias_of(string)
Slug of the term, to place current updating term and specified in this parameter term in one group - both terms will have the same value in the 'term_group' field.
WP try to get term by specified here term slug. Then gets it's 'term_group' number and use it for current updating term. Making those two terms in one group.
If 'term_group' field of the 'alias_of' term is empty, then WP takes MAX number of existing term_group from DB, increase it on 1, and use the new term_group number for both terms: current updating term and the term specified in 'alias_of' parameter. In this way a new group is created.
This example shows how to update term with ID=1 in the 'category' taxonomy. Let's set new Name for the term:
$result = wp_update_term( 1, 'category', [
'name' => 'Non Categorise',
// 'slug' => 'non-categorise' // this value creates automatically
// specify it only if you need to define some specific slug
] );
// check the result
if( is_wp_error( $result ) ){
echo $result->get_error_message();
}
else {
echo 'Term was successfully updated.';
}
function wp_update_term( $term_id, $taxonomy, $args = array() ) {
global $wpdb;
if ( ! taxonomy_exists( $taxonomy ) ) {
return new WP_Error( 'invalid_taxonomy', __( 'Invalid taxonomy.' ) );
}
$term_id = (int) $term_id;
// First, get all of the original args.
$term = get_term( $term_id, $taxonomy );
if ( is_wp_error( $term ) ) {
return $term;
}
if ( ! $term ) {
return new WP_Error( 'invalid_term', __( 'Empty Term.' ) );
}
$term = (array) $term->data;
// Escape data pulled from DB.
$term = wp_slash( $term );
// Merge old and new args with new args overwriting old ones.
$args = array_merge( $term, $args );
$defaults = array(
'alias_of' => '',
'description' => '',
'parent' => 0,
'slug' => '',
);
$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
$args = sanitize_term( $args, $taxonomy, 'db' );
$parsed_args = $args;
// expected_slashed ($name)
$name = wp_unslash( $args['name'] );
$description = wp_unslash( $args['description'] );
$parsed_args['name'] = $name;
$parsed_args['description'] = $description;
if ( '' === trim( $name ) ) {
return new WP_Error( 'empty_term_name', __( 'A name is required for this term.' ) );
}
if ( (int) $parsed_args['parent'] > 0 && ! term_exists( (int) $parsed_args['parent'] ) ) {
return new WP_Error( 'missing_parent', __( 'Parent term does not exist.' ) );
}
$empty_slug = false;
if ( empty( $args['slug'] ) ) {
$empty_slug = true;
$slug = sanitize_title( $name );
} else {
$slug = $args['slug'];
}
$parsed_args['slug'] = $slug;
$term_group = isset( $parsed_args['term_group'] ) ? $parsed_args['term_group'] : 0;
if ( $args['alias_of'] ) {
$alias = get_term_by( 'slug', $args['alias_of'], $taxonomy );
if ( ! empty( $alias->term_group ) ) {
// The alias we want is already in a group, so let's use that one.
$term_group = $alias->term_group;
} elseif ( ! empty( $alias->term_id ) ) {
/*
* The alias is not in a group, so we create a new one
* and add the alias to it.
*/
$term_group = $wpdb->get_var( "SELECT MAX(term_group) FROM $wpdb->terms" ) + 1;
wp_update_term(
$alias->term_id,
$taxonomy,
array(
'term_group' => $term_group,
)
);
}
$parsed_args['term_group'] = $term_group;
}
/**
* Filters the term parent.
*
* Hook to this filter to see if it will cause a hierarchy loop.
*
* @since 3.1.0
*
* @param int $parent_term ID of the parent term.
* @param int $term_id Term ID.
* @param string $taxonomy Taxonomy slug.
* @param array $parsed_args An array of potentially altered update arguments for the given term.
* @param array $args Arguments passed to wp_update_term().
*/
$parent = (int) apply_filters( 'wp_update_term_parent', $args['parent'], $term_id, $taxonomy, $parsed_args, $args );
// Check for duplicate slug.
$duplicate = get_term_by( 'slug', $slug, $taxonomy );
if ( $duplicate && $duplicate->term_id !== $term_id ) {
/*
* If an empty slug was passed or the parent changed, reset the slug to something unique.
* Otherwise, bail.
*/
if ( $empty_slug || ( $parent !== (int) $term['parent'] ) ) {
$slug = wp_unique_term_slug( $slug, (object) $args );
} else {
/* translators: %s: Taxonomy term slug. */
return new WP_Error( 'duplicate_term_slug', sprintf( __( 'The slug “%s” is already in use by another term.' ), $slug ) );
}
}
$tt_id = (int) $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT tt.term_taxonomy_id FROM $wpdb->term_taxonomy AS tt INNER JOIN $wpdb->terms AS t ON tt.term_id = t.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = %s AND t.term_id = %d", $taxonomy, $term_id ) );
// Check whether this is a shared term that needs splitting.
$_term_id = _split_shared_term( $term_id, $tt_id );
if ( ! is_wp_error( $_term_id ) ) {
$term_id = $_term_id;
}
/**
* Fires immediately before the given terms are edited.
*
* @since 2.9.0
* @since 6.1.0 The `$args` parameter was added.
*
* @param int $term_id Term ID.
* @param string $taxonomy Taxonomy slug.
* @param array $args Arguments passed to wp_update_term().
*/
do_action( 'edit_terms', $term_id, $taxonomy, $args );
$data = compact( 'name', 'slug', 'term_group' );
/**
* Filters term data before it is updated in the database.
*
* @since 4.7.0
*
* @param array $data Term data to be updated.
* @param int $term_id Term ID.
* @param string $taxonomy Taxonomy slug.
* @param array $args Arguments passed to wp_update_term().
*/
$data = apply_filters( 'wp_update_term_data', $data, $term_id, $taxonomy, $args );
$wpdb->update( $wpdb->terms, $data, compact( 'term_id' ) );
if ( empty( $slug ) ) {
$slug = sanitize_title( $name, $term_id );
$wpdb->update( $wpdb->terms, compact( 'slug' ), compact( 'term_id' ) );
}
/**
* Fires immediately after a term is updated in the database, but before its
* term-taxonomy relationship is updated.
*
* @since 2.9.0
* @since 6.1.0 The `$args` parameter was added.
*
* @param int $term_id Term ID.
* @param string $taxonomy Taxonomy slug.
* @param array $args Arguments passed to wp_update_term().
*/
do_action( 'edited_terms', $term_id, $taxonomy, $args );
/**
* Fires immediate before a term-taxonomy relationship is updated.
*
* @since 2.9.0
* @since 6.1.0 The `$args` parameter was added.
*
* @param int $tt_id Term taxonomy ID.
* @param string $taxonomy Taxonomy slug.
* @param array $args Arguments passed to wp_update_term().
*/
do_action( 'edit_term_taxonomy', $tt_id, $taxonomy, $args );
$wpdb->update( $wpdb->term_taxonomy, compact( 'term_id', 'taxonomy', 'description', 'parent' ), array( 'term_taxonomy_id' => $tt_id ) );
/**
* Fires immediately after a term-taxonomy relationship is updated.
*
* @since 2.9.0
* @since 6.1.0 The `$args` parameter was added.
*
* @param int $tt_id Term taxonomy ID.
* @param string $taxonomy Taxonomy slug.
* @param array $args Arguments passed to wp_update_term().
*/
do_action( 'edited_term_taxonomy', $tt_id, $taxonomy, $args );
/**
* Fires after a term has been updated, but before the term cache has been cleaned.
*
* The {@see 'edit_$taxonomy'} hook is also available for targeting a specific
* taxonomy.
*
* @since 2.3.0
* @since 6.1.0 The `$args` parameter was added.
*
* @param int $term_id Term ID.
* @param int $tt_id Term taxonomy ID.
* @param string $taxonomy Taxonomy slug.
* @param array $args Arguments passed to wp_update_term().
*/
do_action( 'edit_term', $term_id, $tt_id, $taxonomy, $args );
/**
* Fires after a term in a specific taxonomy has been updated, but before the term
* cache has been cleaned.
*
* The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$taxonomy`, refers to the taxonomy slug.
*
* Possible hook names include:
*
* - `edit_category`
* - `edit_post_tag`
*
* @since 2.3.0
* @since 6.1.0 The `$args` parameter was added.
*
* @param int $term_id Term ID.
* @param int $tt_id Term taxonomy ID.
* @param array $args Arguments passed to wp_update_term().
*/
do_action( "edit_{$taxonomy}", $term_id, $tt_id, $args );
/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/taxonomy.php */
$term_id = apply_filters( 'term_id_filter', $term_id, $tt_id );
clean_term_cache( $term_id, $taxonomy );
/**
* Fires after a term has been updated, and the term cache has been cleaned.
*
* The {@see 'edited_$taxonomy'} hook is also available for targeting a specific
* taxonomy.
*
* @since 2.3.0
* @since 6.1.0 The `$args` parameter was added.
*
* @param int $term_id Term ID.
* @param int $tt_id Term taxonomy ID.
* @param string $taxonomy Taxonomy slug.
* @param array $args Arguments passed to wp_update_term().
*/
do_action( 'edited_term', $term_id, $tt_id, $taxonomy, $args );
/**
* Fires after a term for a specific taxonomy has been updated, and the term
* cache has been cleaned.
*
* The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$taxonomy`, refers to the taxonomy slug.
*
* Possible hook names include:
*
* - `edited_category`
* - `edited_post_tag`
*
* @since 2.3.0
* @since 6.1.0 The `$args` parameter was added.
*
* @param int $term_id Term ID.
* @param int $tt_id Term taxonomy ID.
* @param array $args Arguments passed to wp_update_term().
*/
do_action( "edited_{$taxonomy}", $term_id, $tt_id, $args );
/** This action is documented in wp-includes/taxonomy.php */
do_action( 'saved_term', $term_id, $tt_id, $taxonomy, true, $args );
/** This action is documented in wp-includes/taxonomy.php */
do_action( "saved_{$taxonomy}", $term_id, $tt_id, true, $args );
return array(
'term_id' => $term_id,
'term_taxonomy_id' => $tt_id,
);
}