Display Parent Category only….

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i would like to know this too?

is there a way to display the parent category without the child category?

<?php the_category('depth=1') ?>

That will show only the first level (depth=1) of categories.

I don’t see any parameter like that…
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags/the_category#Parameters

i tried
<?php the_category(‘depth=1’) ?>

but there is no change it still displays the child category instead of the parent category.

Aw snap, I’m sorry, I was thinking of wp_list_pages. My apologies.

@ nico & bmg – This should do it:
<?php echo "Category: ";the_category(','); ?>

Bah, maybe not. Darn. I’m using this code on a friend’s blog and it’s only displaying the sub-category, not the main category. I do remember that at one time both the main and sub-categories were displayed, but now I can’t seem to figure out how we figured that out.

Oh wow, I completely confused myself into misunderstanding the purpose of this question. You want to show the parents, but not the child categories – I thought it was the other way around. Sheesh. Sorry ’bout that. I’m out of ideas. ??

I am searching the forums for the same question! Does anyone have an idea?