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How can I get current page category in WordPress?
To fetch the category link, you’ll have to first fetch the category ID. You can do this with the help of get_cat_ID function() function. $category_id = get_cat_ID( ‘Category Name’ ); Here you can get the ID of any category by specifying the name of the category, in place of ‘Category Name’.
How do I find parent category in WordPress?
3 Answers. Simply, very simply. cat_ID; $parent = $thiscat->category_parent; if (!
Do you type category ID for child of?
If I just type the category ID for “child_of” then it works perfectly. But using the above code, it continues to show all categories. Unfortunately I need to do it via slug, not via ID. Any ideas? You can’t use get_category_by_slug () with a custom taxonomy. You need to use get_term_by ().
How to get the children of the parent category?
To get child categories you can use following code. Notice :- I have used ‘hide_empty’ => false to show categories with no any posts under it. Then use the $categories array to loop and make your markup. Thanks for contributing an answer to WordPress Development Stack Exchange! Please be sure to answer the question.
How to get category children in WordPress function?
This function has been deprecated. Use get_term_children () instead. Retrieve category children list separated before and after the term IDs. (int) (Required) Category ID to retrieve children. (string) (Optional) Prepend before category term ID. (string) (Optional) Append after category term ID.
How to get category ID of a page?
If it is a category page,you can get id of current category by: $category = get_category (get_query_var (‘cat’)); $cat_id = $category->cat_ID; If you want to get category id of any particular category on any page, try using : $category_id = get_cat_ID (‘Category Name’);