Title: WP Term Family
Author: John James Jacoby
Published: <strong>November 9, 2015</strong>
Last modified: January 7, 2016

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Term Family

 By [John James Jacoby](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-term-families.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-families/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-families/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-families/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-families/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-families/)

## Description

Family for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms

WP Term Family allows users to assign a Family to any category, tag, or taxonomy
term using a dropdown, providing customized functionality for taxonomy terms.

#### Dependencies

This plugin requires [WP Term Meta](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-meta/)

#### Also checkout

 * [WP Term Authors](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-authors/)
 * [WP Term Order](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-order/)
 * [WP Term Colors](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-colors/)
 * [WP Term Icons](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-icons/)
 * [WP User Groups](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-groups/)
 * [WP Event Calendar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-event-calendar/)

## Screenshots

[⌊Category Family⌉⌊Category Family⌉[

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## Installation

 * Download and install using the built in WordPress plugin installer.
 * Activate in the “Plugins” area of your admin by clicking the “Activate” link.
 * No further setup or configuration is necessary.

## FAQ

### Does this plugin depend on any others?

Yes. Please install the [WP Term Meta](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-meta/)
plugin.

### Does this create new database tables?

No. There are no new database tables with this plugin.

### Does this modify existing database tables?

No. All of WordPress’s core database tables remain untouched.

### How do I query for terms via their Family?

With WordPress’s `get_terms()` function, the same as usual, but with an additional`
meta_query` argument according the `WP_Meta_Query` specification:
 https://codex.
wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Meta_Query

    ```
    $terms = get_terms( 'category', array(
        'depth'      => 1,
        'number'     => 100,
        'parent'     => 0,
        'hide_empty' => false,

        // Query by family using the "wp-term-meta" plugin!
        'meta_query' => array( array(
            'key'   => 'family',
            'value' => 'private'
        ) )
    ) );
    ```

### Where can I get support?

The WordPress support forums: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-family/

### Where can I find documentation?

http://github.com/stuttter/wp-term-family/

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Term Family” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/)
 *   [ Stuttter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuttter/)

[Translate “WP Term Family” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-term-families)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-term-families/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-term-families/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-term-families/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-term-families/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.2.0

 * Update base class

#### 0.1.1

 * Fix quick-edit UI

#### 0.1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.2.0**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.4.34**
 * Tags
 * [family](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/family/)[meta](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/meta/)
   [metadata](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/metadata/)[taxonomy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomy/)
   [term](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/term/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-families/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/)
 *   [ Stuttter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuttter/)

## Support

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