Title: get_the_category query
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# get_the_category query

 *  [suge1w](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suge1w/)
 * (@suge1w)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_the_category-query/)
 * Hello,
 * I have this query:
 * `foreach (get_the_category() as $cat)`
 * How do I get the categories to order by ID and DESC rather than name?

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## Tags

 * [categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/categories/)
 * [category](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/category/)
 * [order](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/order/)
 * [orderby](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/orderby/)

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 * Last reply from: [suge1w](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suge1w/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_the_category-query/)
 * Status: not resolved

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