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@bcworkz I think I get your point now…But if the term_id actually represents the term name, shouldn’t it be able to find it too? Like if 123 ( term_id ) represent the term name fish, “123 = fish”, it cannot be found in this way?

I mean ?type=fish is also looking for posts with the term name fish, ?type=123 is also looking for posts with the term name fish. And 123 represents fish, which means 123 = fish.

If not, why does WordPress still set the default value to term_id?
Also if not, at least there should be a short explanation or reminder for this?

@bcworkz Your explanation is detailed but I’m still not getting the idea. Or maybe you misunderstood the question…

Let’s say we create a new term called ‘fish’ for the default category. Now this term has an ID number representing it, right? This is called the term_id.

If the default value for value_field is term_id, it should still be able to be found? Because the term_id is equal to the term ‘fish’?

The second question is if I use name for the value_field, what is name actually populated? Is it the word fish being populated as the option value? Because the name is assigned with the taxonomy ID (in the example, it’s ‘type’). It makes make so confused if the value_field is name. Basically, it means all the option values become the word ‘type’ or it means the option values become the term name of the taxonomy.

@diondesigns Genius! But I think it’s hard to remove the notices because they are using include_once inside a function with add_action. The problem is that there are other codes inside that function which causes me cannot just remove that with remove_action because it gonna broke the plugin. I am just afraid it’s not a good idea to change the others’ plugin code directly by another/my plugin.

@diondesigns What is the bloated code you are referring to? Is the below code bloated?

add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'wpdocs_remove_dashboard_widgets');

function wpdocs_remove_dashboard_widgets(){
   remove_meta_box('dashboard_quick_press', 'dashboard', 'side');
}

@bcworkz I see, if I already set the name to 'type' without setting the value_field, what should be the term_id? Is term_id the ID of orange and apple?

@bcworkz That’s what I’m looking for! Thank you so much!

@bcworkz Thanks, this is working. May I know how you find this <!-- wp:gallery?

Because in the future I might want to check if there is some other Gutenberg block in the content, but I do not know the specific string/keyword to search for.

I found the problem, it should be 'taxonomy' => 'type'.

@sterndata There is an HTML form element only in form.php. Now I understand the concept, I need to return the HTML rather than directly require it. Many thanks.

I found that the problem is not the wpdb::insert but the isset(). I should use !empty to check because isset() return true. (the variable is defined and not null)

I found a solution:
$data = $wpdb -> get_col ( $wpdb -> prepare("SELECT name FROM $able_name" ) );

Can anyone confirm if this is the best solution?

I totally see your point, I think no one would be more professional than a WordPress moderator. I’ll take your advice to wear the belt. Thank you so much.

@bcworkz Hi, because get_template_directory_url() is generated by WordPress and I can assume it’s safe?

would not need an escape function because the URL is generated entirely by WordPress functions

https://stackoverflow.com/a/30583251/19507498

And I myself wrote the last part of the URL '/someText', therefore it is safe too? Because nothing is generated at this point.

Any time you’re accepting potentially unsafe data, it is important to validate or sanitize it.

https://developer.www.ads-software.com/themes/theme-security/data-sanitization-escaping/

But here I’m not receiving/accepting any data. That’s the reason I don’t understand why I need to use esc_url with echo get_template_directory_url . '/someText'. Is it just an old habit from people?

@kaavyaiyer Noted with thanks!

.then( data => { console.log(data) } is the message returns from the server and not the message sent to the server.