adding parent category to breadcrumb

  • hi

    how can I add parent category to this function?

    it’s for the breadcrumb

    <?php
function the_breadcrumb() {
    if (!is_home()) {
        echo '<a href="';
        echo get_option('home');
        echo '">';
        bloginfo('name');
        echo "</a> >> ";

        if (is_category() || is_single()) {
            the_category('title_li=');
            if (is_single()) {
                echo " >> ";
                the_title();
            }
        } elseif (is_page()) {
            echo the_title();
        }
    }
}
?>
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  • Hello,

    There are many Breadcrumb plugin which you can use which are light-weight and can help you to achieve this, even though if you wish to achieve this via code below is the reference for the same.

    $category = get_the_category(); 

$category_parent_id = $category[0]->category_parent;
if ( $category_parent_id != 0 ) {
    $category_parent = get_term( $category_parent_id, 'category' );
    echo '<li>'.$category_parent->name.'<li class="separator"><i class="x-icon-angle-right" data-x-icon="?"></i></li><li>'.$category[0]->name.'</li>';
} else {
    echo '<li>'.$category[0]->name.'</li>';
}          

            if (is_single()) {
                echo '<li class="separator"><i class="x-icon-angle-right" data-x-icon="?"></i></li><li>';
                the_title();
                echo '</li>';
            }

    I have not tried it so let me know if this helps.

    Thanks.

    Hi there,

    I am looking for the same thing… I was wondering if someone could be so kind to possibly explain this/provide a specific way to achieve it? I want to add the “parent category” into my breadcrumbs on POSTS. Currently I am getting the “category” but not the “parent category”. This is the code I’m using:

    add_filter('x_breadcrumbs_data', 'post_parent_trail', 9999999, 2);

	function post_parent_trail ($crumbs, $args) {
		if ( is_singular('post') ) {

			$category = get_the_category( get_the_ID() );

				if ( count( $category ) > 0 ) {

					$cat_array = array();
					$cat_array[1]['label'] = $category[0]->name;
					$cat_array[1]['url'] = get_category_link( $category[0]->term_id );

					array_splice($crumbs, 2, 0, $cat_array);
				}
		}
	return $crumbs;  
}
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