Latest Blog all know wordpress is a popular blogging platform, And there is a lots of inbuilt functions available in wordpress library to customize user experience, So in this sort tutorial we’ll know about fetching wordpress categories by some inbuilt function like get_categories(), wp_list_categories(), wp_dropdown_categories(). You can request output in two format in object array or string.
get_categories()
With this function you can fetch wordpress categories in object array format and customize it where you want.
Fetching categories in string format.
<?php get_categories(style=list&hide_empty=1); ?>
Fetching categories in object format.
You need to pass the categories options and can defile output types.
<?php
$options = array(
'style' => 'list',
'hide_empty' => 1,
);
get_categories($options);
?>
wp_list_categories()
With this function you’ll get the formatted list of your wordpress categories in html format.
Fetching categories in string format.
<?php wp_list_categories(style=list&hide_empty=1); ?>
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Fetching categories in object format.
You need to pass the categories options and can defile output types.
<?php
$options = array(
'style' => 'list',
'hide_empty' => 1,
);
wp_list_categories($options);
?>
wp_dropdown_categories()
With this function you can directly fetch wordpress category in list box, This simple function retun wordpress categories in dropdown list box.
Fetching categories in string format.
<?php wp_dropdown_categories(style=list&hide_empty=1); ?>
Fetching categories in object format.
You need to pass the categories options and can defile output types.
<?php
$options = array(
'style' => 'list',
'hide_empty' => 1,
);
wp_dropdown_categories($options);
?> 