Get the parent category ID from the current category ID in WordPress. The Function will return the Parent Category ID. 1. Include the function in your function.php page. function get_categories_parent_id ($catid) { while ($catid) { $cat = get_category($catid); // get … Read more
Parent Category id of a post can be retrieved by using the following function function get_posts_parent_category_id(){ $category = get_the_category(); $cat = get_category($category[0]->term_id); return $parent_catid = $cat->category_parent; } Place the above code in function.php in your theme folder or place in … Read more
The top most parent category id of a post can be retrieved by using this three line code. $category = get_the_category(); $cat = get_category($category[0]->term_id); $parent_catid = $cat->category_parent; The first line will get the category of the current post. The second … Read more