I need to figure out how to get post category as a string and link, both separate from each other. So the return would be something like:

Uncategorized

however both should be separate, because I need to put them in different parts of my markup.

I need to figure out how to get post category as a string and link, both separate from each other. So the return would be something like:

Uncategorized
http://link-to-the-category

however both should be separate, because I need to put them in different parts of my markup.

• posts
• categories
• loop
• post-meta

• review codex.wordpress/Function_Reference/get_the_category – Michael Commented Apr 22, 2013 at 12:53

1 Answer 1

First you have to find the category ID, which can be done easily with the function get_the_category().

To get the slug, use: $catID = get_the_category(); $catSlug = $catID->slug.

To get the link: $catLink = get_category_link($catID).