I have a custom taxonomy, and would like to force the user to select at least one term from that taxonomy when creating a post in the WordPress admin back-end. Is this possible?
I have a custom taxonomy, and would like to force the user to select at least one term from that taxonomy when creating a post in the WordPress admin back-end. Is this possible?
Share Improve this question asked May 23, 2011 at 20:56 Emyr ThomasEmyr Thomas 3612 silver badges8 bronze badges 1- I forgot to mention - I'm using a drop-down field to display the taxonomy terms when creating a post. – Emyr Thomas Commented May 23, 2011 at 21:08
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Reset to default 0No. This is not completely possible. One solution would be to swap out the default UI on /wp-admin/post.php & /wp-admin/post-new.php. You can provide the user with radio buttons or a select box. This will work relatively well, but can not be 100% trusted. There is still the possibility that a user could remove all terms via quick edit in /wp-admin/edit.php.
I know this is years later, but in case it helps anyone else, I found this plugin:
Require Post Category
Although it only applies to built in category, it is very easy to modify to suit a custom taxonomy.
Again a few years later here's another plugin to enforce taxonomy/category/tags selection
WP Required Taxonomies – Categories and Tags Mandatory
Works with gutenberg too as per plugin description