get_cat_name() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

Retrieves the name of a category from its ID.

Parameters

$cat_idintrequired: Category ID.

Return

string Category name, or an empty string if the category doesn’t exist.

Source

function get_cat_name( $cat_id ) {
	$cat_id   = (int) $cat_id;
	$category = get_term( $cat_id, 'category' );

	if ( ! $category || is_wp_error( $category ) ) {
		return '';
	}

	return $category->name;
}

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Uses	Description
get_term()`wp-includes/taxonomy.php`	Gets all term data from database by term ID.
is_wp_error()`wp-includes/load.php`	Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

Used by	Description
get_catname()`wp-includes/deprecated.php`	Retrieve the category name by the category ID.
wp_xmlrpc_server::mt_getPostCategories()`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php`	Retrieves post categories.
wp_xmlrpc_server::mw_getPost()`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php`	Retrieves a post.
wp_xmlrpc_server::mw_getRecentPosts()`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php`	Retrieves list of recent posts.
wp_xmlrpc_server::_prepare_page()`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php`	Prepares page data for return in an XML-RPC object.

Changelog

Version	Description
1.0.0	Introduced.

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Basic Example
```
<?php echo get_cat_name( $category_id = 4 );?>
```
returns the name for the category with the id ‘4’.
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get_cat_name( int $cat_id ): string

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get_cat_name( int $cat_id ): string

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