How to list all names and descriptions of a custom taxonomy

Question

I have a custom taxonomy (toolkit-sections) inside a custom post type (toolkit-tools) and I'm looking to just list the taxonomy names and descriptions from toolkit-sections on a homepage.

I don't want to list any posts from inside these taxonomies, I just want to show what the taxonomies are called and what their descriptions are.

Do you know how to do this? I really, really would appreciate any help!

Answer 1

You can use get_terms.

In your case, something like this ought to get you started:

$term_list = get_terms( 'taxonomy_name', 'hide_empty=0&orderby=name' );

foreach( $term_list as $term ) {
    echo "<li>" . $term->name . $term->description . "</li>";
}