Taxonomy Conditionals for WordPress

tax.php

<?php //add this to your functions.php file ?>

<?php 

//hook into the init action and call create_maker_taxonomies when it fires
add_action( 'init', 'create_maker_taxonomies', 0 );

//create maker taxonomy for the post type "post"
function create_maker_taxonomies() 
{
  // Add new taxonomy, NOT hierarchical (like tags)
  $labels = array(
    'name' => _x( 'Makers', 'taxonomy general name' ),
    'singular_name' => _x( 'Maker', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
    'search_items' =>  __( 'Search Makers' ),
    'popular_items' => __( 'Popular Makers' ),
    'all_items' => __( 'All Makers' ),
    'parent_item' => null,
    'parent_item_colon' => null,
    'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Maker' ), 
    'update_item' => __( 'Update Maker' ),
    'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Maker' ),
    'new_item_name' => __( 'New Maker Name' ),
    'separate_items_with_commas' => __( 'Separate makers with commas' ),
    'add_or_remove_items' => __( 'Add or remove makers' ),
    'choose_from_most_used' => __( 'Choose from the most used makers' ),
    'menu_name' => __( 'Makers' ),
  ); 

  register_taxonomy('maker','post',array(
    'hierarchical' => false,
    'labels' => $labels,
    'show_ui' => true,
    'query_var' => true,
    'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'maker' ),
  ));
}

?>

<?php //This goes into your template file ?>

<?php if ($taxonomy_exist = taxonomy_exists('maker')); { ?>
							
	<hr>
	<h4>Makers in this post:</h4>
	<p><?php the_terms( get_the_ID(), 'maker'); ?> </p>
						
<?php } ?>