Question: ```
<?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

```

Answer: 
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 );

```
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](http://css-tricks.com/forums/discussion/11225/display-wordpress-custom-taxonomy-tags-but-not-as-links/p1)