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_get_term_hierarchy( string $taxonomy )

This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use by plugin or theme developers, only in other core functions. It is listed here for completeness.

Retrieves children of taxonomy as Term IDs.

Parameters

$taxonomy

(string) (Required) Taxonomy name.

Return

(array) Empty if $taxonomy isn't hierarchical or returns children as Term IDs.

Source

File: wp-includes/taxonomy.php

function _get_term_hierarchy( $taxonomy ) {
	if ( ! is_taxonomy_hierarchical( $taxonomy ) ) {
		return array();
	}
	$children = get_option( "{$taxonomy}_children" );

	if ( is_array( $children ) ) {
		return $children;
	}
	$children = array();
	$terms    = get_terms(
		array(
			'taxonomy'               => $taxonomy,
			'get'                    => 'all',
			'orderby'                => 'id',
			'fields'                 => 'id=>parent',
			'update_term_meta_cache' => false,
		)
	);
	foreach ( $terms as $term_id => $parent ) {
		if ( $parent > 0 ) {
			$children[ $parent ][] = $term_id;
		}
	}
	update_option( "{$taxonomy}_children", $children );

	return $children;
}

Changelog

Version Description
2.3.0 Introduced.

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Licensed under the GNU GPLv2+ License.
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_get_term_hierarchy