Show Specific Taxonomy Types in Genesis Entry Footer / Post Meta / Post Terms

[SeoGreenPea]

I have a custom post type "Books" with a taxonomy type "book-type".

Within my "book-type" taxonomy, I have multiple child taxonomy types.

Here's an example of how I have things structured...

Books - (cpt)
Fictional Books (taxonomy)
-Scary (child taxonomy type of "Fictional Books")
--Reading Level 1 (child taxonomy type of "Scary")
--Reading Level 2 (child taxonomy type of "Scary")
--Reading Level 3 (child taxonomy type of "Scary")
--Ages 5-10 (child taxonomy type of "Scary")
--Ages 10-15 (child taxonomy type of "Scary")

Let's assume I created a new "Books" CPT...

Title: 5 Scary Creepy Crawling Insects

Let's assume I have attached the following taxonomy types to it...

Scary
Reading Level 2
Ages 5-10

I only want the "Scary" (child taxonomy type of "Fictional Books") & the "Reading Level 2" (child taxonomy type of "Scary"), while EXCLUDING "Ages 5-10" from showing in the post meta / post terms on the front end. I'm keeping the "Ages 5-10" attached for the book to show up within my "Ages 5-10" archives.

Here's the code I'm currently using.

//* Display Entry Footer Category & Taxonomy Post Meta
add_filter( 'genesis_post_meta', 'custom_post_meta_filter' );
function custom_post_meta_filter($post_meta) {
	if ('book' == get_post_type() || is_tax( 'book-type' ) ) {
	$post_meta = '[post_terms taxonomy="book-type" before="Type Of Book: "]';
	return $post_meta;
	}
	
	elseif ( is_singular ) {
	$post_meta = '[post_categories before="Filed Under: "]';
	return $post_meta;
	}
}

This works as it should by displaying all types on the front end...
Type Of Book: Scary, Reading Level 2, Ages 5-10

But I only want it to show...
Type Of Book: Scary, Reading Level 2

Is there a way to only include the taxonomy types by "id"?
Instead of...
[post_terms taxonomy="book-type" before="Type Of Book: "]
Maybe something like?...
[post_terms tax_id=(array(5,12,9) before="Type Of Book: "]

Anyone out there smart enough or have any ideas on how to go about this using Genesis?

[Brad Dalton]

How about using the 2nd parameter for is_tax which is terms?

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[SeoGreenPea]

I guess I'm not quite following you, but I appreciate your time in suggesting.

Still looking for a solution.

Thanks.

[Brad Dalton]

Your shortcode uses get_the_term_list which doesn't enable you to exclude terms.

So you may need to filter it using genesis_post_terms_shortcode and use a more flexible function like get_terms which enables you to include or exclude terms.

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[SeoGreenPea]

Thank you, I'll have to look into "filter it using genesis_post_terms_shortcode" which I'm not familiar with.

I thought I'd offer up another solution I'm considering trying out.

Each of my taxonomies have a custom field value that I'm using to output throughout the site elsewhere and for markup purposes.

I thought I might skip the entire...

if ('book' == get_post_type() || is_tax( 'book-type' ) ) {
$post_meta = '[post_terms taxonomy="book-type" before="Type Of Book: "]';
return $post_meta;
}

and just use a function similar to...

add_action('genesis_entry_footer', 'custom_post_meta_filter');
function custom_post_meta_filter() {
if ('book' == get_post_type() || is_tax( 'book-type' ) ) && genesis_get_custom_field('book_tax_type_name_scary') ) && genesis_get_custom_field('book_tax_type_name_reading_level_one') )
echo '<p class="entry-meta">Type Of Book: '. genesis_get_custom_field('book_tax_type_name_scary') .', '. genesis_get_custom_field('book_tax_type_name_reading_level_one') .'</p>';
}

But then because I'm using approximately 100 different taxonomy types that all have approximately 10-15 child taxonomy types, I'd end up writing a ton of functions. Assuming my above example would even work. The additional problem with the above code is that I wouldn't have the permalink attached to the custom field, which is also another obstacle.

I'm sure I can learn how to include the permalink, but I'll have to see if the code above even accomplishes what I'm after.

Using the genesis_post_terms_shortcode sure sounds easier and more efficient though.

Thanks for your input!

[Brad Dalton]

hahaha, Thats exactly what i did here as it was so much easier to work with.

Didn't test your code but it looks like a easy solution.

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[SeoGreenPea]

I appreciate you providing your input, referenced options and examples.

I'll still need to probably figure out how to create my own custom genesis post terms shortcode using the get_terms method so I can select a specific taxonomy and exclude the others that are attached to my custom post type. Because I have tons of taxonomies and child taxonomies, my code above might not be efficient, even if I did figure out how to attach a permalink to a custom field.

Thank you.

I'm still looking for a solution that will work for my issue.

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