Title: single_cat_title
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘single_cat_title’, string $term_name )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/single_cat_title/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/single_cat_title/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/single_cat_title/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/single_cat_title/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the category archive page title.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/single_cat_title/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$term_name`string

Category name for archive being displayed.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/single_cat_title/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    $term_name = apply_filters( 'single_cat_title', $term->name );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/general-template.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/general-template.php#L1620)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/general-template.php#L1620-L1620)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/single_cat_title/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [single_term_title()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/single_term_title/)`wp-includes/general-template.php` |

Displays or retrieves page title for taxonomy term archive.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/single_cat_title/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.0.10](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.0.10/) | Introduced. |

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