Are you looking for a way to display the current post’s category ID and/or category name? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to get post’s category name/ID in WordPress.
Instructions:
All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s post.php file or in a site-specific plugin:
<?php
foreach((get_the_category()) as $category) {
$postcat= $category->cat_ID;
$catname =$category->cat_name;
echo $postcat;
echo $catname;
}
?>
Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.
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WOW! I’ve searched so many articles and tried so many ‘solutions’ but this – THANK YOU for providing quick, straight to the point code that actually works. CANNOT thank you enough!