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1. jamiedustuk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I can use <?php the_category(); ?> to show the category im in, but I want to be able to display the current category name without it appearing as a list and without the link i.e.

   Is there a line of code i can use to simply output the current category name, then I can do what I like with this...

   thanks.

2. Oren Yomtov
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   get_the_category()

3. jamiedustuk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   using <?php get_the_category(); ?> doesnt seem to do anything.

   anyone else? ... i just want to display as plain text the name of the category im in, for example, i want to say: Currently viewing: 'category name'

   thanks again

4. t31os
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   <?php echo get_the_category(); ?>

5. jamiedustuk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   that doesnt work either, i just get the words: Array

6. Oren Yomtov
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   thats because the post has more then one category then it returns an array.
   try
   `<?php
   $cats=get_the_category();
   if( is_array($cats) )
   print_r($cats);
   else
   echo $cats;
   ?>

7. Oren Yomtov
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   thats because the post has more then one category then it returns an array.
   try
   

   <?php
   $cats=get_the_category();
   if( is_array($cats) )
   	print_r($cats);
   else
   	echo $cats;
   ?>

8. jamiedustuk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   the post is only in 1 category and when i try that code i get

   Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 11 [name] => Out and about [slug] => out-and-about [term_group] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 11 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 1 [object_id] => 25 [cat_ID] => 11 [category_count] => 1 [category_description] => [cat_name] => Out and about [category_nicename] => out-and-about [category_parent] => 0 ) )

9. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   <p><?php single_cat_title('Category:'); ?></p>

   or
   

   <?php
   $cats=get_the_category();
   echo $cats[0]->cat_name;
   ?>

   Info:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/single_cat_title
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_the_category

10. jamiedustuk
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

    just the ticket... thanks

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