Dynamic data includes html tags

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One of the dynamic data is {post_terms_category} that should list all the categories of a post id. By default each category is wrapped with a html <a> tag with the href of the category. Is there a way to output the category->name or category->slug only?

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I fixed this issue by creating my own function and then use {echo:my_own_function}:

function my_own_function(){
  $id = get_the_ID();
  $categories = get_the_category($id);
  $output = '';
  $loop = 0;
  foreach($categories as $cat){
    if($loop === 0){
      $output .= $cat->name;
      $loop++;
    } else {
      $output .= ', ' . $cat->name;
    }
  }
  return $output;
}
3

This is awesome!

I really like how you dealt with the comma’s . I usually add them on the end and then remove one but this is brilliant.

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Thanks! Appreciate it.

I hope there will be a core function in future to replace this workaround.

5

Here’s a one-liner for the same:

echo strip_tags( get_the_term_list( get_the_ID(), 'category', '', ', ' ) );
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Great. Did you try to run it as a {echo:function} ?

7

Yes and it works fine.

function bl_unlinked_categories() {
	return strip_tags( get_the_term_list( get_the_ID(), 'category', '', ', ' ) );
}

Usage:

{echo:bl_unlinked_categories}
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I meant: {echo:strip_tags( get_the_term_list( get_the_ID(), ‘category’, ‘’, ', ’ ) )}

9

That won’t work since we can’t pass functions as arguments as far as I know. Better confirm with Bricks support.

10

thanks, good to know.

11

I confirm, tried this kind of nested functions, doesn’t work.

I have another version for post categories, less consuming, I guess, no need to strip, just get the names:

implode(',', wp_get_post_categories( get_the_ID(), array( 'fields' => 'names' ) ))

Also works with 'fields' => 'ids' (very handy for using in tax query), or you can get all term object as well if you need the whole stuff.

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works great, thanks!

13

Hello, how wrapping it ?
for example with

<ul class="">
<li>term 1</li>
<li>term 2</li>
<li>…</li>
</ul>

Any help appreciated.

Best regard