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1. gillsans
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   How to display first category for a blog post?

   At the top of my post I would like to display 1 category for the post. If I use <?php the_category(', ') ?> it displays all the categories for the post.

   Any info would be much appreciated.

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You could use get_the_category instead.

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

3. gillsans
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   thanks!

4. gillsans
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Show the First Category Name Only and create a link?

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

   How to you create a link to the category?

5. gillsans
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Found it...

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

6. Urosino
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Could anyone correct the code posted, because it seems to be broken.

   It doesn't create a link to category, only displaying name of it.

7. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Must be used "inside The Loop"
   

   <?php
   $category = get_the_category();
   if ($category) {
     echo '<a href="' . get_category_link( $category[0]->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $category[0]->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $category[0]->name.'</a> ';
   }
   ?>

   [moderated - code fixed]

8. Urosino
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thank you Michael,

   I tried (inside the loop) the code you posted above; but I got:

   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ECHO in...

   So I presume there is a problem within this code, or is it me?

   Thank you for your time.

9. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try it again, I added that if at the last second, and incorrectly used a ( instead of a {.

10. Urosino
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    It works! Thank you again.

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