get_the_category_by_ID( int $cat_id ): string|WP_Error

Parameters

$cat_idint

Category ID.

Return

string|WP_Error

Category name on success, WP_Error on failure.

Uses · 2

• get_term()Gets all term data from database by term ID.
• is_wp_error()Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

Used by · 1

• the_category_head()Prints a category with optional text before and after.

Source

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109function get_the_category_by_ID( $cat_id ) { // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidFunctionName.FunctionNameInvalid110	$cat_id   = (int) $cat_id;111	$category = get_term( $cat_id );112 113	if ( is_wp_error( $category ) ) {114		return $category;115	}116 117	return ( $category ) ? $category->name : '';118}

History

Introduced in 0.71. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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