=== User Taxonomies === Contributors: gostomski Tags: user, users, taxonomy, custom taxonomy, register_taxonomy, developer Tested up to: 3.3.1 Stable tag: trunk Simplify the process of adding support for custom taxonomies for Users. Just use `register_taxonomy` and everything else is taken care of. == Description == This plugin extends the default taxonomy functionality and extends it to users, while automating all the boilerplate code. Once activated, you can register user taxonomies using the following code: ` register_taxonomy('profession', 'user', array( 'public' =>true, 'labels' =>array( 'name' =>'Professions', 'singular_name' =>'Profession', 'menu_name' =>'Professions', 'search_items' =>'Search Professions', 'popular_items' =>'Popular Professions', 'all_items' =>'All Professions', 'edit_item' =>'Edit Profession', 'update_item' =>'Update Profession', 'add_new_item' =>'Add New Profession', 'new_item_name' =>'New Profession Name', 'separate_items_with_commas'=>'Separate professions with commas', 'add_or_remove_items' =>'Add or remove professions', 'choose_from_most_used' =>'Choose from the most popular professions', ), 'rewrite' =>array( 'with_front' =>true, 'slug' =>'author/profession', ), 'capabilities' => array( 'manage_terms' =>'edit_users', 'edit_terms' =>'edit_users', 'delete_terms' =>'edit_users', 'assign_terms' =>'read', ), )); ` Read more about [registering taxonomies in the codex](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_taxonomy) This is heavily inspired by previous work by [Justin Tadlock](http://justintadlock.com/archives/2011/10/20/custom-user-taxonomies-in-wordpress) == Installation == 1. Upload the `user-taxonomies` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 1. Use `register_taxonomy` as shown in the description