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1. draclan12
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   How can I get WordPress to display a link to only ONE category that a certain post has which links to show all posts of that category?

   For example, if I had a post with the categories of "News, Cold, & Freezing", it would go and grab the first category (News) and display it. Then it would put a link around it so, when clicked, I can view other posts of that category.

   <?php $category = get_the_category(); echo $category[0]->cat_name; ?>
   ^ That does one category, but I need how to do the link part..

2. @mercime
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   How can I get WordPress to display a link to only ONE category that a certain post has which links to show all posts of that category?

   What theme are you using? Usually when you click on a category link, all the posts under that category will show up using the archive.php or category.php
   OR, you can create your own category template
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Category_Templates

3. draclan12
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   What theme are you using? Usually when you click on a category link, all the posts under that category will show up using the archive.php or category.php
   OR, you can create your own category template
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Category_Templates

   I'm making my own theme. I know if you put this:

   <?php the_category(' '); ?>

   It'll display all the categories of that post (with links), but I want it to display only one category (with a link to it).

4. @mercime
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Display only ONE category with a link to it - used within the loop:
   <?php $cat = get_the_category(); $cat = $cat[0]; ?><a href="<?php echo get_category_link($cat->cat_ID);?>"><?php echo $cat->cat_name; ?></a>

5. draclan12
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks a lot, that works perfectly.

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