Displaying the name of the current category

This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.

Problem:
How can you display the name of the current term on a taxonomy archive page outside of the loop.

Solution:
It is currently not possible, though is an obvious omission, and the feature should be added soon.

In the meantime you can register a custom shortcode to output the term, which will output the name by default but when using the field argument can optionally output and of the name, slug, the description, count, or the taxonomy itself.

/*
 * Output taxonomy fields on a taxonomy archive
 *
 * attribute 'field' : name | slug | taxonomy | description | count
 */
add_shortcode( 'taxonomy', function( $atts = [] ){
 
    // default to taxonomy name
    $atts = shortcode_atts( [ 'field' => 'name' ], $atts );
  
    $output = "";
 
    global $wp_query;
 
    $tax = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
 
    $field = $atts['field'];
 
    $output = $tax->$field;
  
    return $output;
 
});

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Last updated by davidR-12 6 years, 4 months ago.

Assisted by: Nigel.

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August 1, 2018 at 6:21 pm #1070375

davidR-12

I have a view set up for a particular category. However, when on the category term page I cat seem to output the particular term name. I have tried these:

  [wpv-post-taxonomy type="download_category" format="name"]
  [wpv-post-slug]
  [wpv-post-title]

The first outputs nothing, the second and third output "archive-for-module-categories" and "Archive for Module Categories" respectively which is the name of the view.

The URL I am on is hidden link and I want it to display the name of the category ( "body image").

Regards,

David

August 2, 2018 at 8:24 am #1071278

Nigel

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Hi David

Oddly enough it is not possible.

We have a request to update the taxonomy shortcodes (such as wpv-taxonomy-title) so that they work in the context of taxonomy archives and not just in their current scope of taxonomy Views.

In the meantime you can register a custom shortcode to output the taxonomy on a taxonomy archive:

/*
 * Output taxonomy fields on a taxonomy archive
 *
 * attribute 'field' : name | slug | taxonomy | description | count
 */
add_shortcode( 'taxonomy', function( $atts = [] ){

	// default to taxonomy name
	$atts = shortcode_atts( [ 'field' => 'name' ], $atts );
 
	$output = "";

    global $wp_query;

    $tax = $wp_query->get_queried_object();

    $field = $atts['field'];

    $output = $tax->$field;
 
    return $output;

});

By default it will output the taxonomy term name, but you can also use the field attribute to output the slug, the name of the taxonomy, the term description, or post count.

August 2, 2018 at 4:55 pm #1071552

davidR-12

Hi Nigel,

Thanks for the quick help. Yes I definitely put this issue in the "I'm sure this should be working " category. Anyway, that shortcode works perfectly.

Regards,

David