Taxonomies

Falcon CMS supports multiple taxonomy systems for organizing content.

Post Categories

Hierarchical taxonomy for blog posts. Categories support parent → child relationships.

Admin: Admin → Posts → Categories

// Get all categories with post count
$cats = get_falcon_categories();

foreach ($cats as $cat) {
    echo $cat->name;          // "Technology"
    echo $cat->slug;          // "technology"
    echo $cat->posts_count;   // 12
    echo $cat->description;   // Optional description
    echo $cat->parent_id;     // Parent category ID (null if top-level)
}

Frontend URL: /category/{slug} or /{locale}/category/{slug}

Post Tags

Flat (non-hierarchical) taxonomy for blog posts.

Admin: Admin → Posts → Tags

Frontend URL: /tag/{slug}

Product Categories

Dedicated hierarchical taxonomy for products — completely separate from Post categories.

Admin: Admin → Products → Categories

Frontend URL: /product-category/{slug}

use Acme\CmsDashboard\Models\ProductCategory;

$cats = ProductCategory::withCount('posts')->get();

Product Tags

Flat taxonomy for products.

Admin: Admin → Products → Tags

Frontend URL: /product-tag/{slug}

Custom Taxonomies (ACPT)

Attach custom taxonomies to any Advanced Custom Post Type.

Creating a Custom Taxonomy

1. Go to Admin → ACPT → Taxonomies
2. Click Add New
3. Set: Name, Plural Name, Slug, Hierarchical (yes/no)
4. Attach to one or more CPTs

Using Custom Taxonomy Terms

// Get posts filtered by custom taxonomy term
$posts = get_falcon_posts([
    'type'          => 'project',
    'taxonomy'      => 'project_status',  // taxonomy slug
    'taxonomy_term' => 'in-progress',     // term slug
]);

Archive Pages

Falcon CMS automatically generates archive pages for all taxonomies:

Taxonomy	URL
Post category	/category/{slug}
Post tag	/tag/{slug}
Product category	/product-category/{slug}
Product tag	/product-tag/{slug}
Author	/author/{user-id}

The archive.blade.php theme template handles category/tag archives.

Menus with Taxonomy Links

In Admin → Appearance → Menus, you can add:

• Post categories and tags
• Product categories and product tags
• Custom taxonomy terms

These automatically link to their respective archive pages.