the_category_ID( bool $display = true ): int

Parameters

$displaybooloptional

Whether to display the output. Default true.Default: true

Return

int

Category ID.

Uses · 2

• _deprecated_function()Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.
• get_the_category()Retrieves post categories.

Source

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84function the_category_ID($display = true) {85	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '0.71', 'get_the_category()' );86 87	// Grab the first cat in the list.88	$categories = get_the_category();89	$cat = $categories[0]->term_id;90 91	if ( $display )92		echo $cat;93 94	return $cat;95}

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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