Comments on: WordPress: Get Category ID for a Category Page

By: seattle internet marketing

seattle internet marketing — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:37:18 +0000

get_the_category() is used for listing all of the categories, whereas this function is particularity useful when you get into advanced post setups that revolve around conditional post/category styling.

By: peetonn

peetonn — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:20:41 +0000

thanks a lot!!!!!! i’m getting mad while looking for answers in google
get current category wordpress

By: D

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:22:37 +0000

This works really well. I am using it to determine which level my subcategories are on.
Thank you for your insight … and google searchability.

By: Jermaine Maree

Jermaine Maree — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:08:23 +0000

This was SUPER helpful. Thanks so much for sharing! I definitely owe you one. If you’d like a free premium theme, let me know

By: Dizi izle

Dizi izle — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:08:20 +0000

Thanks a lot, it works like a charm!

Logically the category id should be stored in a variable somewhere when you’re viewing a category page…

By: Steve Betts

Steve Betts — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:24:25 +0000

I think what you need is: get_the_category(). It returns the current category on a category page.

By: Byron Bennett

Byron Bennett — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:34:09 +0000

Hi Becca,

$cat worked for me as well. I did a quick Google, but didn’t see a reference to it, so it may or may not be a solid method…but as long as it work!!!

Thanks for the tip!
Byron

By: Becca Lee

Becca Lee — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:58:26 +0000

I’ve spent way too long looking for this as well. As it turns out, $cat contains the category ID on my site’s category pages, but maybe my theme is setting it.

By: Star Quotes

Star Quotes — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:59:17 +0000

Thanks a lot, it works like a charm!

Logically the category id should be stored in a variable somewhere when you’re viewing a category page…

By: Laetitia

Laetitia — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:12:46 +0000

Hi,

I searched a lot for a useful function like this, but as I cannot use yours (your function does not return the current cat ID when I have child cats in the current parent cat), I show you mine (don’t know if it’s better or not indeed but it works ).

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Have a great day