WordPress | Add a custom "category-style" taxonomy to Pages

add-taxonomy-to-page.php

<?php

/**
 * Add custom Local taxonomies
 * This basically lets you create Categories for Pages (similar to what you can do for Posts)
 *
 * Additional custom taxonomies can be defined here
 * http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_taxonomy
 */
function fs_add_local_page_taxonomies() {
	// Add new "Local Types" taxonomy to Pages
	register_taxonomy('local-type', 'page', array(
		// Hierarchical taxonomy (like categories)
		'hierarchical' => true,
		// This array of options controls the labels displayed in the WordPress Admin UI
		'labels' => array(
			'name' => _x( 'Local Types', 'taxonomy general name' ),
			'singular_name' => _x( 'Local Type', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
			'search_items' =>  __( 'Search Local Types' ),
			'all_items' => __( 'All Local Types' ),
			'parent_item' => __( 'Parent Local Type' ),
			'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Local Type:' ),
			'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Local Type' ),
			'update_item' => __( 'Update Local Type' ),
			'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Local Type' ),
			'new_item_name' => __( 'New Local Type Name' ),
			'menu_name' => __( 'Local Types' ),
		),
		// Control the slugs used for this taxonomy
		'rewrite' => array(
			'slug' => 'local-type', // This controls the base slug that will display before each term
			'with_front' => false, // Don't display the category base before "/local-type/"
			'hierarchical' => true // This will allow URL's like "/local-type/wordpress/"
		),
	));
}
add_action( 'init', 'fs_add_local_page_taxonomies', 0 );