Add location tag to wordpress posts

Question

I'm trying to add a location tag to my wordpress posts that will appear under the title? Like the example below. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I could do this? I looked in the wordpress codex and there appears to be nothing. I read something about taxonomies, would that be my best solution? If so any insight for how I could achieve this. Thanks in advance.

example...

my single.php

<?php
get_header();
the_post_thumbnail('banner-image'); 
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<article class="post">

<?php wpb_set_post_views(get_the_ID()); ?>
    <div class="post-title"><?php the_title(); ?></div>
    <div class="post-content"><?php the_content(); ?></div>

<?php comments_template(); ?>
</article>
<?php endwhile;
else :
echo '<p>No content found</p>';
endif;
get_footer();

?>

Answer 1

I think a custom taxonomy would be better served for this than a tag. I can see tags more used (in your case) to words more like "adventure, family, lodging" etc.

You might need to modify registration to meet your needs. GenerateWP has a step-by-step walkthrough to generate taxonomies that might be helpful (https://generatewp.com/taxonomy/) or Custom Post Type UI (plugin).

// Register Custom Taxonomy
function location() {

    $labels = array(
        'name'                       => 'Locations',
        'singular_name'              => 'Location',
        'menu_name'                  => 'Location',
        'all_items'                  => 'All Items',
        'parent_item'                => 'Parent Item',
        'parent_item_colon'          => 'Parent Item:',
        'new_item_name'              => 'New Item Name',
        'add_new_item'               => 'Add New Item',
        'edit_item'                  => 'Edit Item',
        'update_item'                => 'Update Item',
        'view_item'                  => 'View Item',
        'separate_items_with_commas' => 'Separate items with commas',
        'add_or_remove_items'        => 'Add or remove items',
        'choose_from_most_used'      => 'Choose from the most used',
        'popular_items'              => 'Popular Items',
        'search_items'               => 'Search Items',
        'not_found'                  => 'Not Found',
        'no_terms'                   => 'No items',
        'items_list'                 => 'Items list',
        'items_list_navigation'      => 'Items list navigation',
    );
    $args = array(
        'labels'                     => $labels,
        'hierarchical'               => false,
        'public'                     => true,
        'show_ui'                    => true,
        'show_admin_column'          => true,
        'show_in_nav_menus'          => true,
        'show_tagcloud'              => true,
    );
    register_taxonomy( 'location', array( 'post' ), $args );

}
add_action( 'init', 'location', 0 );

You can then echo the location name in your loop like so:

<?php echo the_terms( $post->ID, 'location', 'Location: ', ', ', ' ' );?>