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How Do I Find the Current Product Category ID in WooCommerce?

Last updated on January 19, 2023 @ 1:31 pm

WooCommerce is a great eCommerce platform forWordPress. It’s flexible and easy to use, and it comes with a lot of features. One of the features that it offers is the ability to add products to your store.

When you add a product to your WooCommerce store, you need to select a product category for it. This helps you organize your products and helps your customers find the products they’re looking for.

If you’re working with products in WooCommerce, you might need to get the current product category ID. For example, you might want to check if a product is in a certain category before displaying it on your site. Or, you might want to get a list of all products in a certain category.

There are a few different ways that you can get the current product category ID in WooCommerce. One way is to use the get_the_terms() function. This function will return an array of all the terms (including categories) that are associated with a post. So, if you pass in the ID of a product, it will return an array of all the categories that the product is in.

PRO TIP: This note is to warn you about the possible risks of using the WooCommerce plugin to find the current product category ID. While this method may work for some, it could also potentially break your site if used incorrectly. Use at your own risk.

Another way to get the current product category ID is to use the get_term_by() function. This function allows you to get a single term by its slug or ID. So, if you know the slug of the category that you want to get, you can use this function to get its ID.

Once you have the current product category ID, there are several things that you can do with it. For example, you can use it to check if a product is in a certain category:

 $product_id = 123;
$category_id = 456;
 
$product_categories = get_the_terms( $product_id, 'product_cat' );
 
foreach ( $product_categories as $product_category ) {
    if ( $product_category->term_id == $category_id ) {
        // The product is in this category!
    } }

Or, you can use it to get a list of all products in a certain category:

 $category_id = 456;
$args = array(
    'post_type' => 'product',
    'tax_query' => array(  // Note: taxonomy queries have been changed in 3.1! 
See https://make.WordPress.org/core/2011/05/03/queries-using-taxonomies-in-3-1/ 
    for more info 			
array( 			
    'taxonomy' => 'product_cat', 			
    'field' => 'id', 			
    'terms' => $category_id ) )  );          
$products = new WP_Query( $args );    // The Loop         
    if ( $products->have_posts() ) {              
    while ( $products->have..
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Morgan Bash

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