JSM Show Term Metadata

The JSM Show Term Metadata plugin displays term (ie. categories, tags, and custom taxonomies) meta keys and their unserialized values in a metabox at the bottom of the term editing page.

There are no plugin settings - simply install and activate the plugin.

Shows Yoast SEO Term Meta

Yoast SEO stores its term (ie. categories, tags, and custom taxonomies) metadata in the WordPress options table, not the term meta table.

The JSM Show Term Metadata plugin can read and display Yoast SEO's term metadata, but it cannot be deleted (as it does not reside in the WordPress term meta table).

Available Filters for Developers

Filter the term meta shown in the metabox:

'jsmstm_metabox_table_metadata' ( array $metadata, $term_obj )

Array of regular expressions to exclude meta keys:

'jsmstm_metabox_table_exclude_keys' ( array $exclude_keys, $term_obj )

Capability required to show term meta:

'jsmstm_show_metabox_capability' ( 'manage_options', $term_obj )

Show term meta for a taxonomy (defaults to true):

'jsmstm_show_metabox_taxonomy' ( true, $taxonomy )

Capability required to delete term meta:

'jsmstm_delete_meta_capability' ( 'manage_options', $term_obj )

Icon for the delete term meta button:

'jsmstm_delete_meta_icon_class' ( 'dashicons dashicons-table-row-delete' )

Related Plugins

• JSM Show Comment Metadata
• JSM Show Order Metadata for WooCommerce HPOS
• JSM Show Post Metadata
• JSM Show Term Metadata
• JSM Show User Metadata
• JSM Show Registered Shortcodes

1. 

   The "Term Metadata" metabox added to admin term editing pages.

Version Numbering

Version components: {major}.{minor}.{bugfix}[-{stage}.{level}]

• {major} = Major structural code changes and/or incompatible API changes (ie. breaking changes).
• {minor} = New functionality was added or improved in a backwards-compatible manner.
• {bugfix} = Backwards-compatible bug fixes or small improvements.
• {stage}.{level} = Pre-production release: dev < a (alpha) < b (beta) < rc (release candidate).

Repositories

• GitHub
• WordPress.org

Changelog / Release Notes

Version 4.7.0 (2025/06/18)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Updated the SucomUtil class.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.4.33.
  • WordPress v5.9.

Version 4.6.3 (2025/06/11)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • Added a call to clean_post_cache() in SucomUtilWP::raw_update_post().
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.4.33.
  • WordPress v5.9.

Version 4.6.2 (2024/12/26)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed PHP v8.2 warning: Using ${var} in strings is deprecated in lib/com/util.php.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.4.33.
  • WordPress v5.9.

Version 4.6.1 (2024/11/25)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Updated the SucomUtil and SucomUtilWP classes.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.4.33.
  • WordPress v5.9.