Get category id when SEO URL is turned on

chef_carol

<?php /* Plugin Name: Members */ function myFilter2($query) { if ($query->is_category) { $currently_listing_categories = $query->query_vars['category__in']; print_r($currently_listing_categories); } } add_filter('pre_get_posts','myFilter2'); ?> This plugin display the category ids when the url is not SEO friendly http://domain.com/wplab/wpla4/?cat=4 . but when I turn on SEO http://domain.com/wplab/wpla4/category/members/ the array is empty how...

Originally asked by Thomas k on Stack Exchange (wordpress) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Use this function to get current cateogry in wp : function getCurrentCatID(){ global $wp_query; if(is_category() || is_single()){ $cat_ID = get_query_var('cat'); } return $cat_ID; } echo getCurrentCatID(); Just found for you, try this, if(isset($wp_query->get_queried_object()->cat_ID)) { $cur_catId = $wp_query->get_queried_object()->cat_ID; } if(issset($wp_query->get_queried_object()->ID)) { $cur_postId = $wp_query->get_queried_object()->ID; }

Full answer by Rikesh: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/57602 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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