wp_terms 

This is used to store the choices for taxonomies. You should be aware of categories and tags in WordPress posts. We call those types taxonomies. The choice inside a taxonomy is called a term. Category is a taxonomy and choices we create such as Health, Sports, and Travel are considered terms. This table consists of four columns. Let's identify some of the most important columns in this table:

name Stores the title of the term that displays on the frontend of the site
slug Stores the unique identifier for the term

 

Initial WordPress installation generates two taxonomies, called category and post tag. However, no terms are created by default and only contains Uncategorized as a term. We can use this table to create post tags ...

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