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How to get category ID inside WordPress category template?
@Jan Fabry’s response is actually the correct answer, here’s why: Since WordPress allows multiple categories for a post, using $category = get_the_category () and querying $category [0] will not work in every case since what you’re actually doing is asking for the first category of the first post. Imagine you have categories A, B and C.
How to add both regular and child categories in WordPress?
Having said that, let’s take a look at how to add both regular categories and child categories in WordPress. You can easily add a new category in WordPress when writing a post. In the Document panel on the right hand side, open up the Categories tab. Then, you can simply click the ‘Add New Category’ link to create your new category.
How do I put categories on my blog?
As your blog content grows, it’s helpful to know different methods for featuring categories on your blog. One of the most popular ways of featuring categories is by adding links to certain categories on your menu bar.
Where do I find the category link on my WordPress page?
Click on View to get the direct link to the single category page. The link is found in the address bar of your browser. This link can then be copied and used in your menu bar as the direct link to that category.
How to get category ID of a page in PHP?
If you want to get category id of any particular category on any page, try using : I use the get_queried_object function to get the current category on a category.php template page. Jordan Eldredge is right, get_the_category is not suitable here.
How to retrieve category name based on category ID?
Retrieves category name based on category ID. (int) (Required) Category ID. (string| WP_Error) Category name on success, WP_Error on failure. Introduced.
How to get cat id of active page?
As you said single_term_title (“”, false); was correctly returning the category title, I’m not sure why you would have had troubles with your code; but the above code works flawlessly for me. Tried above for solutions to find cat ID of a post, but nothing worked, used the following instead: