diff --git a/tide_core.install b/tide_core.install
index 294ef7577..c556c44f2 100644
--- a/tide_core.install
+++ b/tide_core.install
@@ -71,7 +71,12 @@ function tide_core_install() {
     ->save(TRUE);
 
   // Creates terms for Topic vocabulary.
-  _tide_core_create_topic_terms();
+  $vocabulary_details = [
+    'vid' => 'content_category',
+    'description' => 'Categories assigned to all content to assist with filtering in content collection and search',
+    'name' => 'Content Category',
+  ];
+  _tide_core_adding_default_taxonomy(_return_content_category_terms(), $vocabulary_details);
 
   // Update default Editorial workflow of Content Moderation.
   _tide_core_update_editorial_workflow();
@@ -2021,33 +2026,22 @@ function tide_core_update_8098() {
  * Run _add_default_content_category_taxonomy().
  */
 function tide_core_update_8099() {
-  _add_default_content_category_taxonomy();
+  $vocabulary_details = [
+    'vid' => 'content_category',
+    'description' => 'Categories assigned to all content to assist with filtering in content collection and search',
+    'name' => 'Content Category',
+  ];
+  _tide_core_adding_default_taxonomy(_return_content_category_terms(), $vocabulary_details);
   if (\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('term_reference_tree') === FALSE) {
     \Drupal::service('module_installer')->install(['term_reference_tree']);
   }
 }
 
 /**
- * Adds or updates the default 'Content Category' taxonomy.
- *
- * This function creates a new vocabulary named 'Content Category' if
- * it doesn't exist. It then populates this vocabulary with a predefined
- * set of terms and their respective child terms. Each term is assigned a weight
- * for ordering purposes.
- */
-function _add_default_content_category_taxonomy() {
-  $vocabulary_id = 'content_category';
-  // Load the vocabulary. If it doesn't exist, create it.
-  $vocabulary = Vocabulary::load($vocabulary_id);
-  if (!$vocabulary) {
-    $vocabulary = Vocabulary::create([
-      'vid' => $vocabulary_id,
-      'description' => 'Categories assigned to all content to assist with filtering in content collection and search',
-      'name' => 'Content category',
-    ]);
-    $vocabulary->save();
-  }
-  $terms = [
+ * Returns predefined content_category terms.
+ */
+function _return_content_category_terms() {
+  return [
     'Events' => [
       'Events',
     ],
@@ -2105,22 +2099,71 @@ function _add_default_content_category_taxonomy() {
       'Memo',
     ],
   ];
-  $weight = 0;
-  // Iterate over each parent term.
-  foreach ($terms as $parent_term_name => $child_terms) {
-    // Create or load the parent term, then assign a weight for ordering.
-    $parent_term = _create_or_load_term($vocabulary_id, $parent_term_name, 0, $weight);
-    // Initialize the weight for child terms.
-    $child_weight = 0;
-    // Iterate over each child term of the current parent term.
-    foreach ($child_terms as $child_term_name) {
-      // Create or load the child term, then assign it a parent and a weight.
-      _create_or_load_term($vocabulary_id, $child_term_name, $parent_term->id(), $child_weight);
-      $child_weight++;
-    }
-    // Increment the weight for the next parent term.
-    $weight++;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Adds or updates a taxonomy with nested terms up to a specified depth.
+ *
+ * @param array $terms
+ *   An associative array of terms where keys are term names and values are
+ *   either arrays of child term names or associative arrays with nested terms.
+ *   Example structure for $terms:
+ *   $terms = [
+ *     'Events' => [
+ *       'Events',
+ *     ],
+ *     'Policy and legislation' => [
+ *       'Legislation',
+ *       'Regulation' => [
+ *         'hello' => [
+ *           'world',
+ *           'new' => [
+ *             'era',
+ *           ],
+ *         ],
+ *       ],
+ *     ],
+ *   ];
+ *   This represents a hierarchy with 'Events' and 'Policy and legislation'
+ *   as top-level terms, and nested children underneath them.
+ * @param array $vocabulary_details
+ *   An associative array with vocabulary details. Example:
+ *   $vocabulary_details = [
+ *     'vid' => 'content_category',
+ *     'description' => 'Categories for content filtering and search',
+ *     'name' => 'Content Category',
+ *   ];.
+ * @param int $max_depth
+ *   The maximum hierarchy depth to create, defaulting to 4. Deeper nested
+ *   terms beyond this depth will be ignored.
+ */
+function _tide_core_adding_default_taxonomy(array $terms, array $vocabulary_details, $max_depth = 4) {
+  $vocabulary_id = $vocabulary_details['vid'];
+  // Load or create the vocabulary.
+  $vocabulary = Vocabulary::load($vocabulary_id);
+  if (!$vocabulary) {
+    $vocabulary = Vocabulary::create($vocabulary_details);
+    $vocabulary->save();
   }
+
+  // Function to recursively add terms to the vocabulary.
+  $add_terms_recursively = function ($parent_tid, array $terms, $weight, $depth) use (&$add_terms_recursively, $vocabulary_id, $max_depth) {
+    if ($depth > $max_depth) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    foreach ($terms as $term_name => $child_terms) {
+      if (is_array($child_terms)) {
+        $parent_term = _create_or_load_term($vocabulary_id, $term_name, $parent_tid, $weight++);
+        $add_terms_recursively($parent_term->id(), $child_terms, 0, $depth + 1);
+      }
+      else {
+        _create_or_load_term($vocabulary_id, $child_terms, $parent_tid, $weight++);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  $add_terms_recursively(0, $terms, 0, 1);
 }
 
 /**