categories

This should get you going in the right direction. echo ‘<div class=”testata_inner”>’; $cat = get_the_category($recent[“ID”]); //get the category array if ($cat[0]->name != “Featured”) { //check if the category is “featured” $catname = $cat[0]->name; //set $catname variable to “featured” } else { $catname = $cat[1]->name; //or set $catname variable to “other category name” } echo ‘<span … Read more

It seems that you need to do this inside a post. For this, you can either use has_category() or in_category to test if a post belongs to the given category, and if the condition is true, apply your changes Example: if( has_category(‘name or I’d or slug of category to test) ) { echo ‘<img src=”http://organeek.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/85.jpg’ … Read more

I have written a quite extensive post on a similar subject that you can read here. Also take your time and read all linked posts. In there I have explained why you should not be using query_posts and why you should not use custom queries in place of the main query A few things here: … Read more

This might help you to get categories of particular post $catList =get_the_category($post->ID); foreach($catList as $single){ echo $single->cat_name; } You can also check from below links get_the_category get-category-name-from-post-id

Just a note to potential downvoters and close voters, even though this question by itself is on topic, the reason that this being a core theme, make this even more on topic EDIT As you are making use of the twentyfourteen theme, you have to remember this one golden rule ( and this applies to … Read more