How can I remove links from the function “get term list”?

<?php echo get_the_term_list( $post->ID, 'people', 'People: ', ' ', '' ); ?> 

returns something like this:

People: <a href="person1">Person1</a>, <a href="person2">Person2</a>, ...

How can I make it return the same thing without links like this:

People: Person1, Person2

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4 comments

  1. It may be easier to just write the list manually, something like:

    <?php
    $terms = wp_get_post_tags( $post->ID );
    //For custom taxonomy use this line below
    //$terms = wp_get_object_terms( $post->ID, 'people' );
    
    foreach( $terms as $term )
        $term_names[] = $term->name;
    
    echo implode( ', ', $term_names );
    
  2. I found another method that more directly answers my question:

    <?php $terms_as_text = get_the_term_list( $post->ID,'people', 'People: ', ', ');
    if (!empty($terms_as_text)) echo '<p>', strip_tags($terms_as_text) ,'</p>'; ?>
    

    Credit: CSS Tricks

  3. Using strip_tags() Can get complicated if you want to show your terms as an HTML list.
    Here, there’s something for you. $raw set to true (or anything that’s not empty) will just create an inline list with the $separator of your choice, if not, it will generate an HTML list without links. If you want your list to have a styled title, set the $titletag to, say H1 or H2. If you don’t want a title, just leave $title empty.

    function show_tax($taxname, $title, $title_tag, $raw, $separator){
        $terms = get_the_terms($post->ID, $taxname);
        $out = '';
        if (!empty($title)){
            if(empty($title_tag)){
                $title_tag = 'span';
               }
                $out .= '<'.$title_tag.'>'.$title.'</'.$title_tag.'>';
            }
        if (!empty($raw)){
                    $out = implode($separator, $terms);
            }
            else{
    
                $out .= '<ul>';
                    foreach ( $terms as $term ){
                                $out .='<li>'.$term->name.'</li> ';
                                }
                    $out .= '</ul>';
    
            }       
                return $out;
    }
    

    Example of use:

    echo show_tax('people', 'PEOPLE', 'h3', '', ''); // An html list with PEOPLE as title
    echo show_tax('people', 'PEOPLE:', '', true, ','); // An inline list with PEOPLE: as before text