get_category_link() │ WP 1.0.0

Gets the correct link to the category page by the given category ID.

For the function, a special hook category_link is used, which is utilized in the main function for obtaining the URL of terms:

$termlink = apply_filters( 'category_link', $termlink, $term->term_id );
Uses: get_term_link()
Used By: get_tag_link()
1 time — 0.0038219 sec (very slow) | 50000 times — 3.29 sec (fast) | PHP 7.4.25, WP 5.9.2

No Hooks.

Returns

String. A link (URL) to the category page.

Usage

$cat_link = get_category_link( $category_id );
$category_id(number) (required)
The ID of the category for which the link needs to be obtained.

Examples

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#1 Display a link to the 'Pets' category: 

<?php
// Get the category ID
$category_id = get_cat_ID( 'Pets' );

// Now, let's get a category URL
$category_link = get_category_link( $category_id );
?>

<!-- bring up a link to the category -->
<a href="<?php echo $category_link; ?>">Pets</a>

Notes

Changelog

Since 1.0.0 Introduced.

get_category_link() code WP 7.0

wp-includes/category-template.php 
function get_category_link( $category ) {
	if ( ! is_object( $category ) ) {
		$category = (int) $category;
	}

	$category = get_term_link( $category );

	if ( is_wp_error( $category ) ) {
		return '';
	}

	return $category;
}

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