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Creating custom taxonomy labels

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Creating custom taxonomy labels

- [Instructor] If we go CPT UI, and click on Add/Edit Taxonomies, and then click on the Edit Taxonomies tab, we'll be able to edit our sizes taxonomy. While we configured the basic settings, we have lots of flexibility for what the user sees in the admin. Under Additional Labels, there are lots of fields thankfully with descriptions and examples for everywhere our taxonomy could show up. Let's walk through some of these. Just like with post types, if we don't define a label, WordPress is smart enough to use an appropriate one. In some instances, that will be the singular or plural label. It could also be the word tag or category based on how we characterize our taxonomy. In the instance of our sizes taxonomy, we can generally use the singular or plural label everywhere. A helpful exercise would be to insert sizes, size or business size into the example to see if it makes sense. If it doesn't, we should change it. It's also worth noting that some of these labels will only apply based…

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