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sync_category_tag_slugs ›

Since3.0.0
Deprecatedn/a
› sync_category_tag_slugs ( $term, $taxonomy )
Parameters: (2)
  • (WP_Term|array) $term The term.
    Required: Yes
  • (string) $taxonomy The taxonomy for `$term`. Should be 'category' or 'post_tag', as these are the only taxonomies which are processed by this function; anything else will be returned untouched.
    Required: Yes
Returns:
  • (WP_Term|array) Returns `$term`, after filtering the 'slug' field with `sanitize_title()` if `$taxonomy` is 'category' or 'post_tag'.
Defined at:
Codex:

Synchronizes category and post tag slugs when global terms are enabled.



Related Functions: get_category_by_slug, the_category_rss, in_category, is_category, category_exists

Source 

function sync_category_tag_slugs( $term, $taxonomy ) {
	if ( global_terms_enabled() && ( $taxonomy == 'category' || $taxonomy == 'post_tag' ) ) {
		if ( is_object( $term ) ) {
			$term->slug = sanitize_title( $term->name );
		} else {
			$term['slug'] = sanitize_title( $term['name'] );
		}
	}
	return $term;
}