Using category slug is the best way to use in wordpress custom query code as the category name does not always work. Rather use ‘category-slug’ instead, in this tutorial I’ll show you how to get WordPress slug in Category or in single page view.
For category view you can use this code snippet.
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<?php
if(is_category()) {
$category = get_query_var(‘cat’);
$current_cat = get_category($cat);
echo ‘The slug is ‘ . $current_cat->slug;
}
?>
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For single view or post view
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$terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID , ‘category’);
if($terms) {
foreach( $terms as $term ) {
$cat_obj = get_term($term->term_id, ‘category’);
$cat_slug = $cat_obj->slug;
}
}
echo ‘The slug is ‘. $cat_slug;
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Still hungry?
If in the case you only want to get category slug using category ID don’t worry folks, I’ve provided a solution on it too.
Step 1:
In your
function.php file, put this function.
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function get_cat_slug($cat_id) {
$cat_id = (int)$cat_id;
$category = &get_category($cat_id);
return $category->slug;
}
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Step 2:
Once done, you can use the function like the below code.
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<?php
echo get_cat_slug(1);
// Where 1 is the category ID, this code will display the slug of the category ID 1.
?>
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Don’t know how to get WordPress Category ID?
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