Title: Multiple taxonomy select
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Multiple taxonomy select

 *  Resolved [gorbacheff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gorbacheff/)
 * (@gorbacheff)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomy-select/)
 * Hi! Thanks for the very good plugin, first of all!
 * My issue is: I need to have several custom taxonomies be selected at once.
    Current
   drop-down allows me to select only one. The best solution would be a drop-down
   window with checkboxes, so I can tick|untick the necessary ones. How to achieve
   this?
 * It is required, because I have a hierarchical custom taxonomy (i.e. planet names–
   continent names – countries).
 * Switch to terminput doesn’t work – it simply erases the inputed with commas items
 * Help is greatly appreciated.

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 *  Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/)
 * (@scribu)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomy-select/#post-2172683)
 * > Switch to terminput doesn’t work – it simply erases the inputed with commas
   > items
 * Are you sure? Does it happen if you switch to the default theme (twentyeleven)?
 *  Thread Starter [gorbacheff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gorbacheff/)
 * (@gorbacheff)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomy-select/#post-2172684)
 * Yep. Tested on twentyeleven, sure.
    Mechanics: field shown -> autosuggest works-
   > delimiting comma added -> looks fine -> submit -> submit erases this taxonomy(
   in admin area, nothing is ticked of the options, even previously ticked).
 * Anyway, terminput is not the best solution.
    Ideal for me: combination of checkboxes
   + input field. I require my users to — select something from the list, — also
   they must be able to add some new values. (i.e. if I forgot to mention one of
   the country in the list, user can add one)
 *  Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/)
 * (@scribu)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomy-select/#post-2172686)
 * Ah, I remember I fixed that in the [development version](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/front-end-editor.zip)(
   2.1.2-alpha).
 * I agree that checkboxes + input field would be better in your case, but it feels
   clunky for Front-end Editor.
 * What I mean is that I just can’t see a way of adding that kind of UI inline. 
   It would require a modal dialog, which I’m not keen on adding at all.
 *  Thread Starter [gorbacheff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gorbacheff/)
 * (@gorbacheff)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomy-select/#post-2172705)
 * Okay, works for terminput now!
 * As for checkboxes (without complementary input field) — any possibilities? Or
   not UI-inlineable?
 *  Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/)
 * (@scribu)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomy-select/#post-2172709)
 * The only way it would be inlinable would be if you could see only one term at
   a time and scroll through the rest, but I think that would be worse than the 
   simple text input.
 *  Thread Starter [gorbacheff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gorbacheff/)
 * (@gorbacheff)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-taxonomy-select/#post-2172713)
 * Understood. Okay, resolved, still, think of my issue
 * I consider it to be quite a common feature request, as custom hierarchical taxonomies
   are very useful. Maybe a modal dialog, like one yours for wysiwyg-editor — would
   be a much favoured solution.

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