WP: import custom fields for taxonomy term

Question

I'm trying to import some terms for custom taxonomies. Those terms have custom fields(added with ACF). I know I can insert terms with:

wp_insert_term( $term, $taxonomy, $args = array() );

I can't add values for the custom fields though.

Is there some way I can add custom fields to this function? Or use CSV somehow?

Thanks!

Ianis · Answer 1 · 2016-04-13T13:29:18.660

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When using wp_insert_term it will return you an array with the Id and the term (https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_insert_term#Return_Values)

Example :

$term = wp_insert_term('red', 'colour');
add_term_meta($term['term_id'], 'rgba', '#FF0000');

edited Apr 13 '16 at 13:29

answered Apr 13 '16 at 13:17

Ianis

How do I retrieve these return values? – Luc Apr 13 '16 at 13:25
I'm getting this error: "Cannot use object of type WP_Error as array" – Luc Apr 13 '16 at 13:33
use var_dump() with $term. Does your taxonomy exist ? – Ianis Apr 13 '16 at 13:36
it says this: "A term with the name provided already exists with this parent" – Luc Apr 13 '16 at 13:45
When I use get_term_meta I can see that information has been added. Though the fields in the form have not been changed – Luc Apr 13 '16 at 14:01

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