ID, 'latest-news-homepage-thumb'); $post_link = esc_url( get_permalink($post->ID) ); $category_title = ''; $news_categories = get_the_category($post->ID); // var_dump($news_categories ); foreach($news_categories as $cat) { if ($cat->category_parent == 15) { $category_title = $cat->name; //echo $category_title; break; } elseif ($cat->slug === 'news-automotive') { $category_title = 'Automotive'; break; } elseif ($cat->slug === 'news-manufacturing') { $category_title = 'Manfacturing'; break; } elseif ($cat->slug === 'photo-gallery' || $cat->slug === 'video-gallery') { $category_title = $cat->name; break; } } ?>