How Do I Find a Specific Category Name in WordPress?

Finding the name of a specific WordPress category can be a challenge. This is because WordPress does not allow for custom category names.

Instead, it uses the name of the post’s parent category as the category name.

To find the name of the post’s parent category, you can use the following code:

Posts: the_post_ID()

This will return the post’s ID. Next, use the following code to find the name of the category:

catID: the_post_ID() . ‘_category’

This will return the category ID for the post’s parent category.