I am trying to get all categories of a custom post type.I am using get_the_category();
function to retrieve the categories.But if i have 3 posts with 1 category the category is repeated 3 times :o .
<?php
query_posts( array( 'post_type' => 'member', 'showposts' => 8 ) );
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
$categories = get_the_category();
foreach ( $categories as $category ) {
echo $category->name, ' ';
}
?>
<?php endwhile; endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>
Is there any solutions??
You're looping through posts, did you try this?
<?php
wp_list_categories( array(
'taxonomy' => 'category', // CHANGE HERE TO YOUR TAXONOMY
) );
?>
More info here: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_list_categories/
Try this way get only category of custom post
<?php
$category = get_terms('category');//custom category name
foreach ($category as $catVal) {
echo '<h2>'.$catVal->name.'</h2>';
}
?>
you can find more info from Here REFERENCE FOR get_terms
<?php
$taxonomy = 'YOUR TEXONOMY NAME';
$terms = get_terms($taxonomy);
if ( $terms && !is_wp_error( $terms ) ) :
?>
<ul>
<?php foreach ( $terms as $term ) { ?>
<li><a href="<?php echo get_term_link($term->slug, $taxonomy); ?>"><?php echo $term->name; ?></a></li>
<?php } ?>
</ul>
<?php endif;?>