single_cat_title( string $prefix = '', bool $display = true ): string|void

Displays or retrieves page title for category archive.

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Description

Useful for category template files for displaying the category page title.
The prefix does not automatically place a space between the prefix, so if there should be a space, the parameter value will need to have it at the end.

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Parameters

$prefix string Optional
What to display before the title.

Default: ''

$display bool Optional
Whether to display or retrieve title.

Default: true

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Return

string|void Title when retrieving.

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Source

File: wp-includes/general-template.php. View all references 

function single_cat_title( $prefix = '', $display = true ) {
	return single_term_title( $prefix, $display );
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
0.71 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Codex —

    Examples
    This example displays the text “Currently browsing ” followed by the category title.

    <p><?php single_cat_title('Currently browsing '); ?>.</p>

    Result:

    Currently browsing WordPress.

    This example assigns the current category title to the variable $current_category for use in PHP.

    <?php $current_category = single_cat_title("", false); ?>
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    Contributed by Md Parvej Ansari —

    Example: If you want to remove “Category:” in title from category pages just copy and paste in function.php.

    function wporg_remove_category_title( $title ) {
    if ( is_category() ) {
        $title = single_cat_title( '', false );
    }
    return $title;
}
add_filter( 'remove_the_archive_title', 'wporg_remove_category_title' );

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