Retrieve the category name by the category ID.

• get_cat_name()

$cat_ID int Required

Category ID

string category name

File: wp-includes/deprecated.php. View all references

function get_catname( $cat_ID ) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.8.0', 'get_cat_name()' );
	return get_cat_name( $cat_ID );
}