Wp User Query and Custom taxonomy?

  • Resolved futur3int

    (@futur3int)


    7 years, 9 months ago

    Hi,

    Does anyone can bring me a bit of light?

    I am using wp_user_query for a custom search in order to list user. I created a custom taxonomy for users but the query does not work on it. Is there any way I can list my users using the wp user query based on custom taxonomy terms? Any ideas would be appreciate.

    Cheers

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    7 years, 9 months ago

    WP_User_Query does not accept taxonomy arguments. Taxonomies are only for post type objects. How did you create a taxonomy for users? It would need to be a custom data structure. Using it in user queries would need to be via a custom SQL query since WP_User_Query cannot know about custom data structures.

    Could you be referring to user meta data instead of taxonomy? That is an entirely different topic.

    Thread Starter futur3int

    (@futur3int)

    7 years, 9 months ago

    Hi BC,

    You are always there for me 😉 thx.

    Yeah I managed to create a user taxonomy following an old Justin Tadlock tutorial.

    So I guess I got my answer as I need to create an Sql query then but am not good at all with it and the way of use with wp user query seems totally blurry for me atm. I gonna have to dig this way 🙂

    TY.

    Thread Starter futur3int

    (@futur3int)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    I BC,

    In order to use the WpQuery properly (and it is the same with the SQL query) I had to store selected taxonomy terms (update_usermeta) into the usermeta table to make the query returns results.

    It sounds obvious but I didn’t get it at first.

    TY

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