[Resolved] Showing category only on content-single.php, not content.php

[Elio Martinez]

Hi,

I want to show the category of each post in the content-single.php (without the folder icon) and not in the content.php (home, category archives, etc).

It is possible?

Thanks.

[Tom]

Hi there,

So you want to show the current categories attached the post being viewed? Where would you want them to display?

[Elio Martinez]

Above the title:

Without the folder icon and with the possibility to change the color of the text.

[Tom]

You could try this:

add_action( 'generate_before_content', 'tu_add_post_categories' );
function tu_add_post_categories() {
    if ( is_single() ) {
        $category = get_the_category();
        echo '<div class="entry-meta">' . $category[0]->cat_name . '</div>';
    }
}

[Elio Martinez]

I tried that but with that fix the category is showed in every post (without css) in content.php and content-single.php and I only want that in content-single.php, not in home, category sections, etc.

[Tom]

Oops sorry about that – code updated above 🙂

[Elio Martinez]

Hi Tom,

With that code is solved, but the category is showed without any css. I don’t want the folder icon, but I still want the same old css for the category word so I think that you have to tweak the code again.

[Tom]

Give it a shot now 🙂

[Elio Martinez]

Thanks 🙂

[Tom]

No problem 🙂

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