How to fetch wordpress categories

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We 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.

Fetching categories in object format.

You need to pass the categories options and can defile output types.

 '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.

Fetching categories in object format.

You need to pass the categories options and can defile output types.

 '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.

Fetching categories in object format.

You need to pass the categories options and can defile output types.

 'list',
	'hide_empty' => 1,
	);
    wp_dropdown_categories($options); 
?>

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