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How to Query WordPress Taxonomy Terms by Hierarchy Level in Bricks

This Pro tutorial provides the steps to limit the terms of a Bricks Terms query to only those at a specific level within the taxonomy hierarchy.

Consider this WooCommerce product categories hierarchy:

After implementing the tutorial we can output all terms in level 1 or 2 or 3 etc.

Terms in level 1 (note this is also possible w/o any custom code):

Terms in level 2:

Terms in level 3:

Step 1

Add the following in child theme's functions.php (w/o the opening PHP tag) or a code snippets plugin:

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