wp_get_post_categories( int $post_id, array $args = array() )

Retrieve the list of categories for a post.

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Description Description

Compatibility layer for themes and plugins. Also an easy layer of abstraction away from the complexity of the taxonomy layer.

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Parameters Parameters

$post_id

(int) (Optional) The Post ID. Does not default to the ID of the global $post. Default 0.

$args

(array) (Optional) Category query parameters. See WP_Term_Query::__construct() for supported arguments.

Default value: array()

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Return Return

(array|WP_Error) List of categories. If the $fields argument passed via $args is 'all' or 'all_with_object_id', an array of WP_Term objects will be returned. If $fields is 'ids', an array of category ids. If $fields is 'names', an array of category names. WP_Error object if 'category' taxonomy doesn't exist.

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The results from wp_get_post_categories() aren’t cached which will result in a database call being made every time this function is called. Use this function with care. For performance, functions like get_the_category() should be used to return categories attached to a post.

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Uses Uses

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Uses Description
wp-includes/functions.php: wp_parse_args()

Merge user defined arguments into defaults array.
wp-includes/taxonomy.php: wp_get_object_terms()

Retrieves the terms associated with the given object(s), in the supplied taxonomies.

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Used By Used By

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Used By Description
wp-admin/includes/post.php: bulk_edit_posts()

Process the post data for the bulk editing of posts.
wp-includes/deprecated.php: wp_get_post_cats()

Retrieves a list of post categories.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::mt_getPostCategories()

Retrieve post categories.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::mt_publishPost()

Sets a post’s publish status to ‘publish’.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::mw_getPost()

Retrieve post.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::mw_getRecentPosts()

Retrieve list of recent posts.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::blogger_getPost()

Retrieve post.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::blogger_getRecentPosts()

Retrieve list of recent posts.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::_prepare_page()

Prepares page data for return in an XML-RPC object.
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Source Source

File: wp-includes/post.php 

function wp_get_post_categories( $post_id = 0, $args = array() ) {
	$post_id = (int) $post_id;

	$defaults = array( 'fields' => 'ids' );
	$args     = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );

	$cats = wp_get_object_terms( $post_id, 'category', $args );
	return $cats;
}

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Changelog
Version Description
2.1.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Codex —

    The example below shows how categories are retrieved, and then additional information is retrieved for each category.

    $post_categories = wp_get_post_categories( $post_id );
$cats = array();
	
foreach($post_categories as $c){
	$cat = get_category( $c );
	$cats[] = array( 'name' => $cat->name, 'slug' => $cat->slug );
}

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