Categories block > block settings > add nolink toggle

[Marc-pi]

What problem does this address?

The Categories block generates, once inserted into a template or page, a link on each value.
Often, we need to only display the value but not make it clickable
usecase : in a post's query loop, we want not to have too many clickable areas, and keep only the click to the post - the category value must be informative only

What is your proposed solution?

Add a toggle in the block settings to Inactive the link on the categories's value
the block must retrieve the category value, not the link to it, once toggled off.
for now, we can only inactive the link with CSS, but that's not the proper way...

[hanneslsm]

👍 I just had this also in my recent project. Very much needed!

for now, we can only inactive the link with CSS, but that's not the proper way...

I added the following PHP to my theme, maybe it also helps you until this issue gets closed. JFYI, change correspondingly.

Details

function bk25_filter_post_terms_block_output( $block_content, $block ) {
    if ( isset( $block['blockName'] ) && 'core/post-terms' === $block['blockName'] ) {
    // Check if the block has the 'is-style-post-terms-events' or 'is-style-post-terms-products' class.
    if ( isset( $block['attrs']['className'] ) ) {
        $class_name = $block['attrs']['className'];

        if ( false !== strpos( $class_name, 'is-style-post-terms-events' )
             || false !== strpos( $class_name, 'is-style-post-terms-products' ) ) {

            // Replace <a ...>Term</a> with <span>Term</span>
            $block_content = preg_replace(
                '#<a[^>]*>([^<]+)</a>#',
                '<span>$1</span>',
                $block_content
            );

        }
    }
}

return $block_content;

}

add_filter( 'render_block', 'bk25_filter_post_terms_block_output', 10, 2 );

[Sukhendu2002]

Hi @t-hamano, I've added a PR that adds a simple toggle to disable link interactivity. Would appreciate if you could review it whenever you have a moment. Thanks!

[Marc-pi]

@Sukhendu2002 i would much more prefer not to have a link to not transmit link juice (SEO wise), instead of using a css method (and i dunno know if it has an impact on accessibility). Can you improve ?

[t-hamano]

In the Post Terms block, categories and tags are rendered by the get_the_term_list() function. I think the fundamental point is that the get_the_term_list() function does not support templates. Perhaps it needs a term_template parameter, like the get_the_taxonomies() function.

Otherwise, a custom implementation like the one proposed in this comment would be required to achieve the desired result.

Although it is a very old ticket, there is a suggestion to add a term_template parameter to the get_the_terms_list() function:

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30705

[Sukhendu2002]

Thanks for the feedback, @Marc-pi and @t-hamano!
A term_template parameter would definitely make this more flexible. I’ve gone ahead and added a PR to the Trac ticket #30705 to propose this enhancement.

Let me know if you have any further thoughts!

[Marc-pi]

poke @carolinan

[carolinan]

Please, if you need something from me I need the request to be specific and actionable, and mindful of my time.

[t-hamano]

Closing as a duplicate of #50904