{"id":6439,"date":"2020-04-04T15:25:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T15:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expertwebtechnologies.com\/?p=6439"},"modified":"2025-01-07T13:29:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T13:29:14","slug":"fetch-wordpress-categories-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eoxysit.com\/blogs\/fetch-wordpress-categories-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetch wordpress categories."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"nopad6439\">\n<h1>Fetch wordpress categories.<\/h1>\n<p>Now Days WordPress is a popular blogging platform which have many inbuilt functions.For fetching wordpress categories, wordpress provide lots of inbuilt functions like get_categories(), wp_list_categories(), wp_dropdown_categories().<\/p>\n<p><code style=\"font-size: 25px; color: seagreen;\">A. get_categories()<\/code><br>\nUsing This function we can fetch wordpress categories.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0;\">Fetching categories in string format.<\/h4>\n<p><code style=\"color: black; background: #d3d3d338;\">&lt;?php<br>\nget_categories(style=list&amp;hide_empty=1);<br>\n?&gt;<\/code><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0;\">Fetching categories in object format.<\/h4>\n<p><code style=\"color: black; background: #d3d3d338;\">&lt;?php<br>\n$options = array('style'      =&gt; 'list','hide_empty' =&gt; 1,);<br>\nget_categories($options);<br>\n?&gt;<\/code><\/p>\n<p><code style=\"font-size: 25px; color: seagreen;\">B. wp_list_categories()<\/code><br>\nUsing This function we can fetch wordpress categories in html format.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0;\">Fetching categories in string format.<\/h4>\n<p><code style=\"color: black; background: #d3d3d338;\">&lt;?php<br>\nwp_list_categories(style=list&amp;hide_empty=1);<br>\n?&gt;<\/code><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0;\">Fetching categories in object format.<\/h4>\n<p><code style=\"color: black; background: #d3d3d338;\">&lt;?php<br>\n$options = array('style'      =&gt; 'list','hide_empty' =&gt; 1,);<br>\nwp_list_categories($options);<br>\n?&gt;<\/code><\/p>\n<p><code style=\"font-size: 25px; color: seagreen;\">C. wp_dropdown_categories()<\/code><br>\nUsing This function we can fetch wordpress categories in dropdown list box.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0;\">Fetching categories in string format.<\/h4>\n<p><code style=\"color: black; background: #d3d3d338;\">&lt;?php<br>\nwp_dropdown_categories(style=list&amp;hide_empty=1);<br>\n?&gt;<\/code><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0;\">Fetching categories in object format.<\/h4>\n<p><code style=\"color: black; background: #d3d3d338;\">&lt;?php<br>\n$options = array('style'      =&gt; 'list','hide_empty' =&gt; 1,);<br>\nwp_dropdown_categories($options);<br>\n?&gt;<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fetch wordpress categories. 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