There’s no other plugin involved – the custom taxonomy and custom post type are created from within functions.php. Here’s the code that creates the taxonomy:

//hook into the init action and call create_book_taxonomies when it fires
add_action( 'init', 'create_skilltype_hierarchical_taxonomy', 0 );

//create a custom taxonomy name it topics for your posts

function create_skilltype_hierarchical_taxonomy() {

// Add new taxonomy, make it hierarchical like categories
//first do the translations part for GUI

  $labels = array(
    'name' => _x( 'Skill Types', 'taxonomy general name' ),
    'singular_name' => _x( 'Skill Type', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
    'search_items' =>  __( 'Search Skill Types' ),
    'all_items' => __( 'All Skill Types' ),
    'parent_item' => __( 'Parent Skill Type' ),
    'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Skill Type:' ),
    'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Skill Type' ), 
    'update_item' => __( 'Update Skill Type' ),
    'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Skill Type' ),
    'new_item_name' => __( 'New Skill Type' ),
    'menu_name' => __( 'Skill Types' ),
  ); 	

// Now register the taxonomy

  register_taxonomy('skilltype',array('skills'), array(
    'hierarchical' => true,
    'labels' => $labels,
    'show_ui' => true,
    'show_admin_column' => true,
    'query_var' => true,
    'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'skilltype' ),
  ));

}

Have you had a chance to test?

Thanks

Thanks, giving “edit posts” now allows the user to edit the custom categories on the custom post type.

Is there a way I can restrict this user from editing regular “Posts”? Or at least hide that from the dashboard menu?

Thanks for your help

Yes, that’s what I was looking for. Thanks!