Answers for "wordpress how to get category name"

display category name wordpress

<?php
$categories = get_the_category();
if ( ! empty( $categories ) ) {
	echo '<a href="' . esc_url( get_category_link( $categories[0]->term_id ) ) . '">' . esc_html( $categories[0]->name ) . '</a>';
}
?>

get category name by id wordpress

get_cat_name( $cat_id );

get the category wp

//get category name foolproof 
echo (!empty(get_the_category($post)) ? get_the_category($post)[0]->name : '');