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1. gabi83tm
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Is there an easier way of getting the current category ID? (Without having to access the database)

   <?php
   	$cat_rows = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT term_id FROM wp_term_taxonomy WHERE taxonomy = 'category'");
   	foreach ($cat_rows as $cat_row) {
   		if( is_category( $cat_row->term_id ) ){
   			$what_i_am_looking_for = $cat_row->term_id;
   			echo 'The current category ID is: ' . $what_i_am_looking_for;
   		}
   	}
   ?>

   Here I'm getting all the categories from the database and I'm testing whether or not each of them is the current category... not very effective...

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   What do you mean by current?

   I'll guess this might help:
   $cat = get_query_var('cat');

3. gabi83tm
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   WOW! This was fast.
   It's working. Thanks alot!

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