WordPress Category ID -> WordPress Category Name

  • Resolved jezternz

    (@jezternz)


    17 years, 1 month ago

    Hi.
    In the Sidebar. I have a dynamic ID, I want the name of the category, how do I get the category name from the id? (outside the loop).
    Thanks in advance, Josh.

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  • This works when on a category query page:

    <?php
$category = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
$cat_name = $category->name;
?>

    And this should work anywhere else:

    <?php
$cat_id = $DYNAMIC_ID;
$categories = get_categories();
foreach( $categories as $category ) {
	if( $category->term_id == $cat_id ) {
		$cat_name = $category->name;
		break;
	}
}
?>

    Note you want to change $DYNAMIC_ID in the latter bit of code to the var holding your category (dynamic) ID. In both cases $cat_name will hold the category name.

    Thread Starter jezternz

    (@jezternz)

    Thanks heaps Kafkaesqui. Works Perfectly.

    Thread Starter jezternz

    (@jezternz)

    Thought I may aswell post the function I found that replaces this.
    $catname = get_cat_name($catid);

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