Template Tags/single cat title

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Template Tags/single cat title

1 Description
2 Usage
3 Examples
4 Parameters
5 Related

Description

Displays or returns the category title for the current page. For pages displaying WordPress tags rather than categories (e.g. "/tag/geek") the name of the tag is displayed instead of the category. Can be used only outside The Loop.

Usage

<?php single_cat_title('prefix', 'display'); ?>

Examples

This example displays the text "Currently browsing " followed by the category title.

<p><?php single_cat_title('Currently browsing '); ?>.</p>

Currently browsing WordPress.

This example assigns the current category title to the variable $current_category for use in PHP.

<?php $current_category = single_cat_title("", false); ?>

Parameters

prefix: (string) Text to output before the category title. Defaults to '' (no text).
display: (boolean) Display the category's title (TRUE) or return it for use in PHP (FALSE). Defaults to TRUE.

the_category, the_category_rss, single_cat_title, category_description, wp_dropdown_categories, wp_list_categories, in_category, get_category_parents, get_the_category get_category_link,

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