check post category wordpress code example

Example 1: wordpress get post category name

<?php
$categories = get_the_category();
 
if ( ! empty( $categories ) ) {
    echo esc_html( $categories[0]->name ); // Show first item of category  
}
?>

Example 2: show all posts from category

<?php
    $args = array( 'category' => 7, 'post_type' =>  'post' ); 
    $postslist = get_posts( $args );    
    foreach ($postslist as $post) :  setup_postdata($post); 
    ?>  
    <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2> 
    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>  
    <?php endforeach; ?>