Parent Category ID

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…

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…

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…