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  • September 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM #49013
    Matthew DanskineMatthew Danskine
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    Is it just something with my setup, or do the taxonomy fields not display the hierarchy of the taxonomy they are there for? For instance, I have a Document_Type taxonomy with the following hierarchy:

    Community Development
    - Forms
    - Permits
    City Council
    - Minutes
    - Agenda

    But in the Dashboard screen to add a new document, the taxonomy field is flat like this:

    Agenda
    City Council
    Community Development
    Forms
    Minutes
    Permits

    This makes it very difficult to use.

    I have tried setting the Type to both Taxonomy and Taxonomy Advanced
    I have every Field Type available

    I'm in the latest version of WordPress, Bricks Builder, Automatic CSS and MB AIO. I tried it on both Firefox Dev Edition and Vivaldi (Chromium) on my Mac M1.

    September 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM #49021
    PeterPeter
    Moderator

    Hello Matthew,

    Thanks for reaching out.

    The taxonomy field of Meta Box doesn't work the same as the default taxonomy meta box of WordPress to show hierarchy terms. But you can use the field type checkbox tree to show the child terms when clicking on the parent term. Please check this screenshot https://imgur.com/SPlEPUF
    and follow the documentation https://docs.metabox.io/fields/taxonomy/

    September 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM #49022
    Matthew DanskineMatthew Danskine
    Participant

    Thanks. I was hoping for something more like the one in the sidebar, but this will work.

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