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1. beans_etc
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   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'd like to display simply the name of the category a post belongs to underneath the post title. But when I use <?php the_category(); ?> it automatically makes the name a link. Is there anyway to get rid of the <a href" it puts in so it displays as just text?

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Check out the Category Template Tags.
   Template_Tags/#Category_tags

3. beans_etc
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I did. There's a similar one "single_cat_title", but it only seems to work if you're on the single page for the category itself. I need it to be able to display the name of the post category, not the current page category.

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I said check them ALL, not what you think it should be.
   Template_Tags/get_the_category

5. moshu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   And don't ever double post, unless yu want your topics deleted!

6. beans_etc
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I thought that one was only used for backend purposes because it says "This function does not display anything". I'm not very php savvy, so I assumed that meant it couldn't be used to show text.

   I'll try this to see if it works, thanks~

7. beans_etc
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   (Apologies for the double post.)

8. moshu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Don't think, just read:

   The following example displays the category name of each category assigned to the post (this is like using the_category(), but without linking each category to the category view, and using spaces instead of commas):

9. beans_etc
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Nice, I just put it the first example from that page as is and it worked! Thanks a lot for the help and clarification~

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