Wordpress- How to get term name from term_ID?

Question

I'm trying to retrieve term names from taxonomies for $title. I have come across a lot Codex functions like get_post_meta(), get_the_terms() etc, which seem to only get term name from post_id, which is not what I'm looking for.

How do I get term names from term_id?

Solution 1

You may get the term name from term_id like this:

$term_name = get_term( $term_id )->name;

Explanation: get_term() returns the term object and name is one of propeties of this object.

More details on codex: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_term

Solution 2

Please try this:

<?php $term = get_term_by( $field, $value, $taxonomy); ?>

Note:

• $field => Just write 'id' here
• $value => Place your 'term_id' value here
• $taxonomy => write your custom taxonomy 'slug' here

For ex: My custom taxonomy slug is 'services' & 'term_id' is 5, so here is the code for retrieving 'term_name':

<?php $term = get_term_by( 'id', 5, 'services' ); 
echo $term->name; ?>

I hope, this may be helpful to you.

Comments

[Jerodev]

I suppose you are using Wordpress? Please add this tag to you question at least so we know what you are talking about.

[HIR]

check this link : wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/16394/…

[yivi]

codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_term

[yivi]

Possible duplicate of Wordpress using get_term to retrieve slug not working as expected

[yivi]

any reason not to call get_term directly?

[Prateek Verma]

@yivi I didn't said that get_term is not correct, you already told to use get_term in your comment that's why i gave another option other than get_term, if i also tell him to use get_term(), then what is the use of your comment. And the person who has asked the question should have a variety of answers to gain extra knowledge. It's no use to tell only one answer by all the users who provide answers.

[yivi]

No worries. Just wondering if there was a more interesting reason behind it.

[Prateek Verma]

@yivi Ok bro, no problem.