# Taxonomy customization

**URL:** <https://community.bloomreach.com/t/taxonomy-customization/110>\
**Category:** Experience Manager (PaaS/OnPrem)\
**Created:** [July 11, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/taxonomy-customization/110 "2018-07-11T13:05:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Srinivas\_Jasti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@Srinivas\_Jasti](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/Srinivas_Jasti)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/taxonomy-customization/110/1 "2018-07-11T13:05:29Z")

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Hi,  
I am following see: [https://www.onehippo.org/11/library/concepts/plugins/taxonomy/category-detail-view-editor-customization.html](https://www.onehippo.org/11/library/concepts/plugins/taxonomy/category-detail-view-editor-customization.html)

Some questions in this regard–

1. To add a field on a Taxonomy editor…I would have to create a New Module(plugin) in the Hippo Application Project is this right…?
2. if so is there any other way I could avoid using a new Module, rather make changes in cms …?

Please let me know in this regard.  
Many Thanks  
Srinivas Jasti

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**Author:** ![jeroen.hoffman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/jeroen.hoffman/32/43_2.png) [@jeroen.hoffman](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/jeroen.hoffman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/taxonomy-customization/110/2 "2018-07-12T07:50:09Z")

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Hi Srinivas,

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  Since such plugin extension lives in the CMS, you don't necessarily have to create a Maven module for that, that you'd use as dependency in the CMS. You can also put your sources in cms/main/java. Be sure that not only compiled classes but also any html/css end up in the cms.war.

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Jeroen

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**Author:** ![Srinivas\_Jasti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@Srinivas\_Jasti](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/Srinivas_Jasti)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/taxonomy-customization/110/3 "2018-07-13T11:53:19Z")

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Hi,  
Based on the comments above I was able to put the sources on cms/main/java and successfully added extra field on the taxonomy editor,

However I have one issue I wanted to populate this field with value provided by a component on site module, is there a better approach I could take here. Please let me know.

Many Thanks

Srinivas Jasti