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Display Primary Category (Yoast's WordPress SEO)
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<?php | |
// SHOW YOAST PRIMARY CATEGORY, OR FIRST CATEGORY | |
$category = get_the_category(); | |
$useCatLink = true; | |
// If post has a category assigned. | |
if ($category){ | |
$category_display = ''; | |
$category_link = ''; | |
if ( class_exists('WPSEO_Primary_Term') ) | |
{ | |
// Show the post's 'Primary' category, if this Yoast feature is available, & one is set | |
$wpseo_primary_term = new WPSEO_Primary_Term( 'category', get_the_id() ); | |
$wpseo_primary_term = $wpseo_primary_term->get_primary_term(); | |
$term = get_term( $wpseo_primary_term ); | |
if (is_wp_error($term)) { | |
// Default to first category (not Yoast) if an error is returned | |
$category_display = $category[0]->name; | |
$category_link = get_category_link( $category[0]->term_id ); | |
} else { | |
// Yoast Primary category | |
$category_display = $term->name; | |
$category_link = get_category_link( $term->term_id ); | |
} | |
} | |
else { | |
// Default, display the first category in WP's list of assigned categories | |
$category_display = $category[0]->name; | |
$category_link = get_category_link( $category[0]->term_id ); | |
} | |
// Display category | |
if ( !empty($category_display) ){ | |
if ( $useCatLink == true && !empty($category_link) ){ | |
echo '<span class="post-category">'; | |
echo '<a href="'.$category_link.'">'.htmlspecialchars($category_display).'</a>'; | |
echo '</span>'; | |
} else { | |
echo '<span class="post-category">'.htmlspecialchars($category_display).'</span>'; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
?> |
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