{"id":161326,"date":"2016-12-16T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premium.wpmudev.org\/blog\/?p=161326"},"modified":"2017-05-25T06:49:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T06:49:30","slug":"custom-taxonomy-departments-divisions-company-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/custom-taxonomy-departments-divisions-company-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Custom Taxonomy for Departments on a Company Site"},"content":{"rendered":"

I often get asked if WordPress Multisite is a suitable solution for a company website that has\u00a0different divisions with unique identities. The answer is usually yes<\/em> \u2013 Multisite can do this excellently.<\/p>\n

But it isn’t always necessary to create a separate site for each of the divisions in your company website, even using Multisite. If you want to include shared content that’s not specific to each division, or your divisions’ identity has a lot in common, or you’re working with an existing single site installation, then there is a way to get around this without activating Multisite.<\/p>\n

In this post, I’m going to show you how to do it\u00a0using\u00a0a custom taxonomy. We’ll create a “division” taxonomy, which is applied to posts and pages, so you can specify which sections of your website each post or page should be in. And then we’ll create a template file for your taxonomy, so that you can display content for each division in just the way you want to.<\/p>\n

You will need to write some code, creating a plugin and a file in your theme, but the code isn’t difficult. I’m going to use a child theme of the twenty sixteen default theme but you can use this technique with your own theme. I’ll also create a plugin to register the custom taxonomy \u2013 it’s better practice to do this with a plugin so that you don’t lose your taxonomy if you change themes in the future.<\/p>\n

So let’s get started!<\/p>\n

Getting Started<\/h2>\n

Before you start, you’ll need:<\/p>\n