Using WordPress ‘get_tags_to_edit()’ PHP function

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The get_tags_to_edit() WordPress PHP function retrieves a comma-separated list of tags available to edit for a specific post.

Usage

get_tags_to_edit( $post_id, $taxonomy = 'post_tag' );

Parameters

  • $post_id (int) – Required. The ID of the post for which to retrieve the tags.
  • $taxonomy (string) – Optional. The taxonomy for which to retrieve terms. Default is ‘post_tag’.

More information

See WordPress Developer Resources: get_tags_to_edit()

Examples

Display a list of tags to edit for a specific post

This example retrieves and displays the list of tags available to edit for a post with the ID of 42.

$post_id = 42;
$tags_to_edit = get_tags_to_edit( $post_id );
echo 'Tags to edit: ' . $tags_to_edit;

Retrieve a list of categories to edit for a specific post

This example retrieves and displays the list of categories available to edit for a post with the ID of 42.

$post_id = 42;
$taxonomy = 'category';
$categories_to_edit = get_tags_to_edit( $post_id, $taxonomy );
echo 'Categories to edit: ' . $categories_to_edit;

Check if a post has specific tags to edit

This example checks if a post with the ID of 42 has the tags ‘travel’ and ‘adventure’ available to edit.

$post_id = 42;
$tags_to_edit = get_tags_to_edit( $post_id );
$tags_array = explode( ',', $tags_to_edit );

if ( in_array( 'travel', $tags_array ) && in_array( 'adventure', $tags_array ) ) {
    echo 'The post has both "travel" and "adventure" tags.';
} else {
    echo 'The post does not have both "travel" and "adventure" tags.';
}

Display the number of tags to edit for a specific post

This example retrieves the number of tags available to edit for a post with the ID of 42.

$post_id = 42;
$tags_to_edit = get_tags_to_edit( $post_id );
$tags_array = explode( ',', $tags_to_edit );
$tag_count = count( $tags_array );
echo 'The post has ' . $tag_count . ' tags available to edit.';

Display a list of tags to edit for all posts

This example retrieves and displays the list of tags available to edit for all posts.

$args = array(
    'posts_per_page' => -1,
    'post_type'      => 'post',
);
$posts = get_posts( $args );

foreach ( $posts as $post ) {
    $tags_to_edit = get_tags_to_edit( $post->ID );
    echo 'Post ID ' . $post->ID . ' tags to edit: ' . $tags_to_edit . '<br>';
}