[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:  closed
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:
Component:  Taxonomy                             |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:  maybelater
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing 2nd-opinion  |
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Comment (by greenshady):

 @nacin

 You mentioned somewhere about writing out a guide on how you'd do this for
 core if implemented. Did you ever get around to that? I'd just like to
 future-proof some stuff I'm working on as much as possible.

 Replying to [comment:46 scribu]:
 > As Otto has said countless times, terms are just a convenient name for a
 group of posts in a taxonomy, which is a named set of groups. They're not
 meant to hold any data of their own.
 >
 > If you find yourself needing to add additional fields to terms, you
 should actually make them posts and link them to other posts. See #14513
 >
 > In other words, post-to-post relationships is the more appropriate
 solution.

 What if someone wanted to create a "category image" plugin?  Or, add SEO
 features (meta, keywords, title) to category archive pages?

 These are just simple examples of extra fields someone might want to add
 to terms.  Obviously, there are some things better handled by post-to-post
 relationships, but not everything fits into this scenario.

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