taxonomy_exists( string $taxonomy )

Determines whether the taxonomy name exists.

Description

Formerly is_taxonomy(), introduced in 2.3.0.

For more information on this and similar theme functions, check out the Conditional Tags article in the Theme Developer Handbook.

Parameters

$taxonomy

(Required) Name of taxonomy object.

Return

(bool) Whether the taxonomy exists.

Source

File: wp-includes/taxonomy.php 

function taxonomy_exists( $taxonomy ) {
	global $wp_taxonomies;

	return isset( $wp_taxonomies[$taxonomy] );
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
3.0.0 Introduced.