Checks whether a category exists.

Description

See also

• term_exists()

Parameters

$cat_nameint|stringrequired

Category name.

$category_parentintoptional

ID of parent category.

Default:null

Return

Source

function category_exists( $cat_name, $category_parent = null ) {
	$id = term_exists( $cat_name, 'category', $category_parent );
	if ( is_array( $id ) ) {
		$id = $id['term_id'];
	}
	return $id;
}

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