Title: User Taxonomy &amp; Directory
Author: Umesh Kumar
Published: <strong>Febrer 2, 2014</strong>
Last modified: Setembre 26, 2023

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# User Taxonomy & Directory

 By [Umesh Kumar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/umeshsingla/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/user-tags.2.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/user-tags/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/user-tags/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/user-tags/#installation)
 * [Development](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/user-tags/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-tags/)

## Description

The plugin offers a user-friendly solution to help you manage user taxonomies and
create user directories on your WordPress site.

Key Features:

    ```
    Easy Taxonomy Management: Register and manage user taxonomies effortlessly, providing structure to your user base without unnecessary complexity.
    Admin users with the edit_users capability can assign or un-assign categories from the User profile page, made even more flexible with the ut_render_taxonomy_dropdown filter to modify the check.

    Taxonomy Template Customization: Each taxonomy term generates its own archive featuring the list of assigned users. The plugin allows you to customize this template by simply creating a folder named template in your theme's root directory and add the custom template user-taxonomy-template.php."
    Make sure to refresh your permalinks after creating a new taxonomy to ensure that the template functions correctly.

    Dynamic User Lists: user-directory block allows you to display user lists based on roles, with a variety of customizable fields and filters for your front-end design.
    ```

User List Features:

    ```
    Simple Search: Find users easily by name.

    Filtering: Use taxonomies to refine user lists, with the option to activate multiple taxonomy filters via block settings.

    Flexible Fields: User Name is included by default, but you can add more fields like Bio and Images, all configured with the block settings along with an option to filter it.
    ```

The plugin is compatible with multisite environment.

### Credits

[Justin Tadlock](http://justintadlock.com/archives/2011/10/20/custom-user-taxonomies-in-wordpress)

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Taxonomy CRUD Screen.
 * [[
 * Taxonomy Tax archive page.
 * [[
 * Taxonomy Terms List.
 * [[
 * User Directory Block output.

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   User Directory Allows you to select a user role and list out all users as a
   Directory with filter and search option.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `user-tags` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. To create new Taxonomy Go to User -> Taxonomy screen.

## FAQ

 1. What if Template is not working?
     Ans: You need to save permalinks after you create
    a new taxonomy for template to work properly.

### Filters Available

 * ‘user_taxonomy_args’ => Filter the arguments for registering taxonomy.
 * ‘user_tags_directory_user_roles’ => Filter list of roles displayed in user-directory
   block
 * ‘user_tags_directory_fields’ => Filter list of fields available for user-directory
   block
 * ‘user_directory_limit’ => Number of users to display in Users List
 * ‘ut_render_taxonomy_dropdown’ => Whether to show/update Taxonomy dropdown on 
   user profile.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Brilliant.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/brilliant-1558/)󠁿

 [Burkie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/burkie/) Març 22, 2023

Fantastic plugin – one of the very few to have the hard work done and allow for 
user taxonomies. Works really well managing on the frontend & backend.

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### 󠀁[Rubbish and or Pointless](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rubbish-and-or-pointless/)󠁿

 [Duke Snoogens](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mikeloucas/) Desembre 25, 2021

Did nothing, LOL, it installs, but you can’t do anything with it. Tags did NOT show
up in the user’s Sorting Column list, so there’s no real point to using it. LOL 
Also, you can NOT bulk add tags to user, but since Tags don’t appear in the Column
List for sorting… well you get the point… unless. UPDATE! It’s also converting my
PHP ‘ ” character to ASCII, not cool. lol

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### 󠀁[Coding error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coding-error-8/)󠁿

 [Manish](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mani2209/) Setembre 3, 2016

Hello Umesh, I have installed the user tag plugin – 1.2.6 There is one issue in 
plugin. When you change the name of any taxonomy and then try to go inside the taxonomy
to add or remove tags, you can not enter. I have debugged and found the solution
in. wp-content\plugins\user-tags\lib\class-ut-user-tags-list.php line 113 changed
the line from $taxonomy_slug = ut_taxonomy_name( $item[‘name’] ); to $taxonomy_slug
= ut_taxonomy_name( $item[‘slug’] );

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### 󠀁[very good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-good-1308/)󠁿

 [diegooli](https://profiles.wordpress.org/diegooli/) Setembre 3, 2016 1 reply

Nice, now I can save some user preferences.

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### 󠀁[Handy addition to WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/handy-addition-to-wordpress/)󠁿

 [hafman](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hafman/) Setembre 3, 2016 1 reply

Nice plugin that enables a useful feature. The support is prompt and helpful. 5 
Stars

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## Contributors & Developers

“User Taxonomy & Directory” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Umesh Kumar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/umeshsingla/)

[Translate “User Taxonomy & Directory” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/user-tags)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-tags/), check 
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/user-tags/), or subscribe
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## Changelog

#### 2.0

 * Refactored code for better readability and added functionality.
 * Registered Taxonomies are now displayed under Users menu.
 * Added Gutenberg block user-directory to create filterable user lists.

** Breaking Changes **
 * Removed shortcode `user_tags`, `user-tags-cloud` along
with front-end functionality of tags assignment.

#### 1.2.8

 * Fixed: Updated filter name ‘ut_tepmplate_content’ => ut_template_content : https://
   github.com/UmeshSingla/user-tags/issues/7
 * Fixed: Return $template variable in functions.php https://github.com/UmeshSingla/
   user-tags/issues/8
 * Fixed: string to array conversion.
 * Fixed: Compat with WordPress >= 5.5 ( Fixed fatal error )
 * Updated: Switch to div instead of table for new User Taxonomy screen

#### 1.2.7

 * Fixed – Fatal error, Initialise as array instead of string

#### 1.2.6

 * New – Filter: `ut_template_users` in Taxonomy template to filter the list of 
   users before displaying
 * Fixed – handle count callback for register taxonomy (Fixes tag cloud size issue)

#### 1.2.5

 * Fixed – Remove PHP closures

#### 1.2.4

 * Update – Taxonomy name is independent of prefix
 * Fixed – Bubbling up of multiple list on repeated click over most used tags link
 * Fixed – Tag being saved for admin too on editing other user profile

( Credits: @Tempera )

#### 1.2.3

 * Fixed – ‘ut_template_content’ filter args
 * Fixed – Translation function (props @stefan)
 * Updated – Replaced PHP closure with normal functions

#### 1.2.2

 * Fixed – Tag cloud not appearing for all taxonomies in shortcode
 * Update – Shortcode – Do not echo form if user is not loggedin

#### 1.2.1

 * Fixed – Tag cloud for [user_tags] shortcode

#### 1.2

 * Fixed – [user_tags] shortcode

#### 1.1

 * Fix: All tag not being deleted

#### 1.0

 * New: Tag Cloud to choose from most popular
 * New: Filter ‘ut_tag_cloud_heading’ to change tag cloud heading

#### 0.1.3

 * Fixes Page not found error for tag templates
 * Fixes tags update for other users by administrator, causing overwrite to current
   logged in users taxonomy
 * Improved Template Styling

#### 0.1.2

Fixes Taxonomy length error

#### 0.1.1

Code formatting

#### 0.1

First Release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0**
 *  Last updated **3 anys ago**
 *  Active installations **50+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.3.8**
 *  PHP version ** 7.2 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-tags/)
 * Tags
 * [tags](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tags/)[taxonomies](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomies/)
   [user directory](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-directory/)[user tags](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-tags/)
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## Ratings

 4.6 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Umesh Kumar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/umeshsingla/)

## Support

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