display category with background color

I would add the category slug as a class to each category link, and change your class name to be more specific so other CSS doesn’t conflict on accident: <div class=”category-link”> <a href=”#” class=”<?= $cats[0]->slug ?>”><?= $cats[0]->name ?></a> </div> Then call the class with CSS: .category-link .food { background-color: red; }