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Function Reference/get the category by ID

Retrieve category name based on category ID.

<?php get_the_category_by_ID( $cat_ID ); ?>

$cat_ID

(int) (required) Category ID.

Default: None

Since: 0.71

get_the_category_by_ID() is located in wp-includes/category-template.php

Categories: the_category(), the_category_rss(), single_cat_title(), category_description(), wp_dropdown_categories(), wp_list_categories(), get_the_category(), get_the_category_by_ID(), get_category_by_slug(), get_the_category_list(), get_category_parents(), get_category_link(), is_category(), in_category()

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