[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10142: Add metadata support for taxonomies

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#10142: Add metadata support for taxonomies
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 Reporter:  sirzooro                             |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request                      |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
Component:  Taxonomy                             |  Release
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing 2nd-opinion  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by mfields):

 I'm all for this feature to be added and would like to share my
 experiences with taxonomy meta as well as my thoughts on why a term meta
 table is important in core.

 I created a [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/taxonomy-images/ taxonomy
 images plugin] a while ago and it has been really well received. It stores
 a serialized array of image->ID => term_taxonomy_id in a single row of the
 options table. While this is not ideal it seems to work and will
 accommodate thousands of image/term associations. I thought all was well
 and then one day I received a [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-
 taxonomy-images-beta-exportimport-doesnt-retain-taxonomy-images?replies=2
 support request] alerting me that my plugin did not retain associations
 when a user moved a blog using the [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins
 /wordpress-importer/ WordPress Importer] plugin.

 Having a core term meta table that is able to be imported/exported from
 one installation to another is very important.

 I would also like to become more involved in core. If this enhancement is
 accepted I am more than willing to help see it through for 3.2.

 Best,
 -Mike

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