When this plugin was first released, custom taxonomies were practically unheard of (WordPress 2.7). Custom fields were already there and convenient to use, so it was easier at the time to use custom fields as if they were tags.

Since WP 2.9, that is no longer the case: with a single line of code, you can get a separate set of tags that you can manage, assign to posts and group posts by, right away.

So, if you’re starting a new project, instead of using Custom Field Taxonomies, I recommend you use the following plugins to achieve the same functionality:

Instead of trying to emulate native taxonomies, this plugin will be transformed into a simple utility that converts custom fields to taxonomy terms.

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  • Al says:
    5 Jul 2010 at 12:38 pm

    This is cool. I was wondering if this plugin could be used to automatically convert new custom fields to taxonomies without me having to manually convert them each time.

    I am using the TDO Forms plugin and it doesn’t have the option to input custom taxonomies yet but it does have a fairly good custom field option that I can use to collect the taxonomies.