Title: Get a posts category id!
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Get a posts category id!

 *  [adzeds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adzeds/)
 * (@adzeds)
 * [16 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-a-posts-category-id/)
 * I am trying to show an image on my homepage depending on the category of the 
   latest post.
 * Any know how I go about this?
 * I guess I am just trying to find the category id of the most recent post?
 * Any help appreciated!

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 *  Thread Starter [adzeds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adzeds/)
 * (@adzeds)
 * [16 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-a-posts-category-id/#post-1080245)
 * Any ideas?

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