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Get Category Name By ID (WordPress)

Get Category Name By ID (WordPress)

I have been working on a new WordPress theme (to be released this week) and in one of the admin screens – I needed to get the category name by using the category ID. To do this (in or outside of the loop):

<?php get_cat_name( $cat_id ) ?>

Super simple – super helpful.

Reference: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_cat_name

17 thoughts on “Get Category Name By ID (WordPress)”
  1. Reply
    r-a-y |

    Thanks!
    Needed this!

  2. Reply
    dandy |

    Thanks, simple and really really useful in daily use.

  3. Reply
    Thiago |

    Thanks!

    Really very helpful!!

  4. Reply
    Rai Adi Sanjaya |

    Wowh.. that so simple but so usefull….
    Very2 I need!
    thanks ^^

  6. Reply
    Katie @ women magazine |

    Totally awesome. i Goggled the simplest way to do this and i landed on correct page.

    Thanks Mate.

  7. Reply
    Prashant |

    Nice post it helped me a lot. Thanks…

  8. Reply
    id meneo |

    Always better explained on blogs than in WP codex… thanks it is useful!

  9. Reply
    Nicolas |

    Thanks. As simple as saying it… But yet useful to see it.

    note to “id meneo”, I think that the codex it pretty good. Not always “really obviously” clear, but pretty good.

  10. Reply
    Android guy |

    Thanks, this is what I was looking for. It’s true, sometimes the codex is a bit complicated to understand and if stuff is explained like this it’s easier to get it.

  11. Reply
    Hardik Shroff |

    Thanks..
    Very nice, simple and come to the point post.
    Keep posting..

  12. Reply
    How to install wp |

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  14. Reply
    JW |

    Thanks, this post just helped me out 🙂

  15. Reply
    Bruno Crociquia |

    This post > helping people like me since 2009

  16. Reply
    Script Splash |

    That was exactly the info , i was looking for

  17. Reply
    Fasih Sheikh |

    Ohh Boy..you forgot to write the echo above…but after all i got success..

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