Woocommerce: Get current product category

Question

How do I get the current product category that the user is browsing through?

I am trying to use get_the_terms($post->ID, 'product_cat'); but this is giving me the categories for each product listed on the page. I would like to get the current category user is browsing through, the current product listing page.

Etienne Dupuis · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-09T17:57:32.893

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Here is a one liner:

$wp_query->get_queried_object()->term_id;

or

$wp_query->get_queried_object()->name;

or

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edited Aug 09 '17 at 17:57

answered Jul 06 '15 at 13:50

Etienne Dupuis

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Great, this works for both product and post categories and terms. – JMRC May 16 '17 at 19:27
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`print_r( $wp_query->get_queried_object() );` to see all the available indexes -- not just `term_id`. example: `echo $wp_query->get_queried_object()->name;` – aequalsb Aug 09 '17 at 04:44

score 14 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 12 '15 at 15:33

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To get the current category ID. you have to use

get_queried_object();

The proper way for doing this is..

$cate = get_queried_object();
$cateID = $cate->term_id;
echo $cateID;

answered Aug 12 '15 at 15:33

Can't believe how much time I spent searching for this simple answer. WooCommerce is deceivingly similar to vanilla WordPress. Until it isn't. – Fred Rocha Nov 18 '22 at 11:47

score 11 · Answer 3 · edited May 16 '17 at 05:33

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try this :

        global $post;
        $terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID, 'product_cat' );
        $nterms = get_the_terms( $post->ID, 'product_tag'  );
        foreach ($terms  as $term  ) {
            $product_cat_id = $term->term_id;
            $product_cat_name = $term->name;
            break;
        }

       echo $product_cat_name;

edited May 16 '17 at 05:33

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answered Jan 07 '15 at 19:31

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Krechet USA · Answer 4 · 2021-04-30T23:57:11.160

By the way, you can create shortcode [show_product_category_id], that will show product's category id. For example, while browsing a category of products, it will show this id. You can open functions.php of the theme and add this:

add_shortcode( 'show_product_category_id', 'show_product_category_id' );

function show_product_category_id() {
$cat = get_queried_object();
$catID = $cat->term_id;
echo $catID;
}

Woocommerce: Get current product category

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