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get_linkcatname() WP 0.71

Deprecated from version 2.1.0. It is no longer supported and can be removed in future releases. Use get_category() instead.╳

Gets the name of category by ID.

No Hooks.

Return

String. Null. Nothing.

Usage

get_linkcatname( $id );
$id(int)
The category to get. If no category supplied uses 0

Notes

  • See: get_category()

Changelog

Since 0.71 Introduced.
Deprecated Since 2.1.0 Use get_category()

Code of get_linkcatname() WP 5.7

wp-includes/deprecated.php 
<?php
function get_linkcatname($id = 0) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.1.0', 'get_category()' );

	$id = (int) $id;

	if ( empty($id) )
		return '';

	$cats = wp_get_link_cats($id);

	if ( empty($cats) || ! is_array($cats) )
		return '';

	$cat_id = (int) $cats[0]; // Take the first cat.

	$cat = get_category($cat_id);
	return $cat->name;
}