Display category names of custom post type

  • Hey guys,

    searching for a way to display the category names of my custom post type. It would be nice to display categories and their permalinks, but the get_the_category(); function only echo an array. I am surprised that there is no simple function. Is there a smart way? 

    <?php

$args = array(
	'posts_per_page'	=>	-1,
	'post_type' => 'myposttype',

);

$myposttype_array = new WP_Query( $args );
if( $myposttype_array->have_posts() ) {

	$counter = 0;

	while( $myposttype_array->have_posts() ) {
		$myposttype_array->the_post();
?>

			<?php echo get_the_category();> 

			<h1><?php the_title() ?></h1>

			<?php //the_excerpt(); ?>
			<?php the_content(); ?>

<?php
		$counter++;
		}
	}
	else {
		echo 'nothing.';
		}
?>

    Thanks in advance,
    Christian

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  • Thread Starter p2or

    (@p2or)

    Solved. To get the categories of a custom post type you have call get_the_terms() and setup the registered category name like this:

    <?php
$terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID , 'myposttype_category' );
foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
  echo $term->name;
}
?>

    Best,
    Christian

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