Get taxonomy name instead of id

Question

I set up a search criteria using taxonomy terms to filter content. The taxonomy and filter work great. The problem is the links return like www.example.com/work?tid=1 but instead I would like the filter links to use the taxonomy term name like www.example.com/work/logo. I have tired to set a alias on the terms but it keeps referring to the tid. The has taxonomy option only allows you to change the name of the identifier before the ? But the link still shows the =1 id after the identifier.

Answer 1

you can use Pathauto contrib module.

The Pathauto module automatically generates URL/path aliases for various kinds of content (nodes, taxonomy terms, users) without requiring the user to manually specify the path alias. This allows you to have URL aliases like /category/my-node-title instead of /node/123. The aliases are based upon a "pattern" system that uses tokens which the administrator can change.

https://www.drupal.org/project/pathauto

Answer 2

You're probably using Content Views type, assuming from what you've written.

You have to introduce the term name into Views if it's not available, which it isn't out of the box if you have Content Views.

You do that by adding a Relationship to the Field that references that taxonomy. Once you add the Relationship you will have the Taxonomy term: Name option under Filters, expose it, set its Filter identifier to your preferred word (I'm guessing work is the name of your field) and when used the link will be something like:

www.example.com/your-views-page-path?yourtagidentifier=events

for example:

www.example.com/content?work=logo

To customize the link further you can use an additional module: Query Parameters To URL to get:

www.example.com/content/work/logo

Views URL alias module might also be relevant.