Taxonomy Term Archive
Custom Taxonomy Term Templates are a Pro feature only.
What it's for: Displaying posts from a single specific custom taxonomy term - showing all content tagged with one particular term from your custom taxonomies (like product categories, event types, or portfolio categories)
When it's used: When someone clicks on a custom taxonomy term link, visits a specific term URL (like /product-category/electronics/), or lands on an individual custom taxonomy term's archive page
What you can design: Single custom term archive layouts - term headers with that term's description, post listings from that specific term, and navigation elements tailored to browsing one custom taxonomy term's content
Appears when: Any individual custom taxonomy term archive page is visited
Examples of when this template appears:
- Someone clicks on the "Electronics" term from your product categories and sees all products in that category.
- That's your Term Archive template.
- Or when someone visits
/event-type/workshops/and views all events tagged with "Workshops" - they see your Term Archive template.
What dynamic data is available:
You have access to the specific term's data and all posts within it
- term name
- term description
- term image/featured media
- posts within this term
- pagination information
- post count for this term
- parent/child term relationships
- taxonomy information
You can also query related terms, filter posts by additional criteria within the term, and create conditional layouts based on the specific taxonomy or term being viewed. Learn more about using dynamic data →
What you control:
Everything on individual custom taxonomy term archive pages - term headers, post grid layouts, filtering controls, pagination styles, sidebar content. You design the complete experience for people browsing posts from one specific custom taxonomy term.
Doesn't affect:
- Individual posts or pages - those use Single Post, Single Page, or Single CPT templates
- Built-in taxonomy archives - category and tag pages use their specific templates
- Homepage or blog index - those need Front Page or Blog Index templates
Template Priority: 70
This template has default priority 70 in Builderius template hierarchy. It will override general templates like All Archives (70) when specifically targeting custom taxonomy term archives, but gives way to more specific term conditions you might create.
Note: When you design a page or post directly (without using templates), that design always wins regardless of priority numbers. Learn more about designing pages directly →