link to category inside post?

  • sepp88

    (@sepp88)


    15 years, 6 months ago

    hey guys, i simply want to have a link to the category my current post fits in.

    currently I’m using:

    <?php
			$category = get_the_category();
			echo "<span class='catname'>" . $category[0]->cat_name . "</span>";
			?>

    however, this is just the name of the category. i need a link to the category archive.

    is there a template_tag to use?
    thank you!

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  • shawnyuan

    (@shawnyuan)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    Yea you can use this:

    <?php
    // Get the ID of a given category
    $category = get_the_category();
    $category_id = $category[0]->cat_ID;
    $category_name = $category[0]->cat_name; 

    // Get the URL of this category
    $category_link = get_category_link( $category_id );
?>

<!-- Print a link to this category -->
<a href="<?php echo $category_link; ?>" title="Category Name"><?php echo $category_name; ?></a>

    Thread Starter sepp88

    (@sepp88)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    thank you, worked perfectly!

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