wordpress get category of post 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: get_posts category

$defaults_param = array(
				'numberposts'      	=> -1,
				'post_type'        	=> 'post',
				'category' 			=> 40 ,
				'suppress_filters'	=> false
			);
$get_featured_post = get_posts($defaults_param);

Example 3: Get wordpress posts by category name..!

<?php query_posts('category_name=CATEGORYNAME&showposts=5');

while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

the_title();   // To display the title of all posts that have category name selected 

the_content();   // To display the content of all posts that have category name selected 


<?php endwhile; ?>