WP_Term_Query::query( string|array $query )

Sets up the query and retrieves the results.

Description

The return type varies depending on the value passed to $args['fields']. See WP_Term_Query::get_terms() for details.

Parameters

$query

(string|array) (Required) Array or URL query string of parameters.

Return

(WP_Term[]|int[]|string[]|string) Array of terms, or number of terms as numeric string when 'count' is passed as a query var.

Source

File: wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php 

public function query( $query ) {
		$this->query_vars = wp_parse_args( $query );
		return $this->get_terms();
	}

Uses

Uses Description
wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php: WP_Term_Query::get_terms()

Retrieves the query results.
wp-includes/functions.php: wp_parse_args()

Merges user defined arguments into defaults array.

Changelog

Version Description
4.6.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_term_query/query